Category: Lifestyle

Power Outage in Cohousing

Submitted by Mary Kraus on December 11, 2018

In October 2011 in this part of Massachusetts, we had an unusual snowfall. Leaves were still on the trees, but big, fat flakes of wet snow fell from the sky. As the snow kept coming down, there was an increasing chance that snow-laden tree branches might fall on power lines and cause an outage. Now... Read More

Unpack. Repack. Repeat.

Submitted by Richard Leider, Bestselling author of The Power of Purpose on February 23, 2016

[Richard Leider is a keynote speaker at our Aging Better Together Conference. All conference participants will receive a copy of Richard’s book, The Power of Purpose] I originally co-authored Repacking Your Bags: Lighten Your Load for the Good Life in response to a growing and urgent desire—the desire shared by countless people to simplify their... Read More

What to Expect

Submitted by Erica Rothman, Durham Cohousing on June 23, 2015

I didn’t expect to hear so much birdsong in the morning. I didn’t expect to be able to see so much sky, sometimes the sunrise and sunset on the same day. I didn’t expect to love my apartment so much, or to feel the disappointments I feel. I didn’t expect that my marriage would break... Read More

Ask a Cohousing Resident Interview Series

Submitted by Jenny Godwin, Apprentice at CoHousing Partners on December 4, 2014

I’m excited to introduce a new project recently launched at CoHousing Partners: http://www.cohousingpartners.com in Nevada City, CA. I’ve started a Q&A style video series to offer a first-hand glimpse of life in cohousing. These candid interviews with the experts on the topics of living, growing and aging in cohousing could provide an excellent educational feature... Read More

Only in Cohousing

Submitted by Sharon Villines on July 3, 2014

If I had an emergency at work and had to go to the hospital, there are 12 homes where my children could stay for 48 hours and be completely comfortable. A single mother by choice with two daughters, ages 3 and 6. Single Mothers by Choice is an organization that provides information and support to... Read More

What does it mean to live in community?

Submitted by Alice Alexander on May 24, 2014

What does it mean to “live in community” as we do in cohousing? This sounds wonderful, but the concept is hard to explain. I was struck a couple of Sundays ago, listening to my minister’s sermon (Rev Deborah Cayer, Eno River Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Durham, NC), by her exploration of this concept and the... Read More

Musings: The Community Tax

Submitted by Chuck Durrett on September 1, 2008

Cohousing is a hoot – it really is. When I walk onto the site after a hard day at work and chat with a couple of the 37 kids, or see cutie one-year-old August smiling in his mother’s arms, well, it makes my life worth living. When I walk into the common house an hour... Read More