This seems great. I'm looking to be living in an intentional community starting this fall. I would like to be on my way not later than Oct 1, and possibly earlier. I am particularly interested in participating in/learning how to build structures to live in, and am most moved by rounded organic structures that seem to flow up from the ground, such as earthships, ecodomes. I have been veg since I was 5 -- only one in my family, have practiced yoga for over a decade, am moving toward veg and raw, studying nutrition a lot these days (independently). I am in the process of writing a book (fiction) and so will be occupied that way wherever I am. I hope to be able to contribute to my community with building (I'm mechanically inclined if not experienced in home building), food preparation (raw, vegan, mono, simple, radiant in color and variety, perhaps some raw goat milk if there are any goats around who are not too put out by sharing, but not nec.), and perhaps also in my capacity as editor -- which work I've done most of my adult life.

Hi I am visiting Big island may and june from Kauai to serve at a Vipassana course www.hi.us.dhamma.org
maybe can camp with you all a few nights.

> Cinderland is currently composed of raw vegans and a variety of
> other misfits, but will magically transform into a raw vegan
> community on Jan 1, 2006.
-----Unfortunately, this transformation did not occur.
-----The misfits prevailed; I escaped in July 2007.
-----The land-owner, Jesus, is unreliable, not committed,
emotionally immature, lacks any leadership skills, stupid, and
is running this private, unlicensed campground as a personal
money machine. The catchment water system is contaminated
with an impressive variety of Tropical diseases: giardia,
Rat-Lung Fever, Leptospirosis, ...
-----Loud verbal arguments abound, drunks come and go,
idiots with drums keep the gentle souls awake at night,
the illegitimate children are let run free, feral like, and are
taught nothing, not even basic manners, ...
-----A potential paradise has been transformed into a nightmare
due to neglect, institutionalized ignorance, and lack of maturity.

Laurie