The Grange will host the second showing of the film Big Sur: The Way it was on Wednesday November 12th. It will also be cookie potluck. Heather CL will help with the event
Join us for the second viewing of the 1972 documentary
Big Sur: The Way It Was
Wednesday November 12th
Potluck cookies and stories 6:30 pm, Film 7pm.
Bring some cookies! Share stories and join our community as we celebrate the way it was and the way it is now
John and I are looking at ways to keep the membership betting informed about events and happenings at the Grange. Hopefully this month's meeting notice and documentation will also contain a link to the event calendar. As discussed in the previous meeting, we’ll send notices out to the membership about events and happenings at the Grange as appropriate without it being too often and too much.
I am in conversation with Ryne, Sean and Emily about the second (hopefully) annual exhibition this April. More details to be discussed at the meeting.
From Leading The Way, a magazine of The Wisdom of the Navajo people.
Autumn 2025
Seasons of Our Lives
As we step into the seasonal shift from fall to winter, and the start of another year in our ancestral calendar, we reflect on previous seasons of our lives before looking ahead and preparing for the future. This time of year brings the cold, which encourages us to gather inside our homes to share quality time with our families and to share stories. The animals return to their homes, too. Collectively, we understand the need for rest, restoration, and reflection.
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Just as [nature] prepares for the future, Dine’ (Navajo) families harvest food from their gardens, venture up the mesa for firewood, and haul water back to their homes. The animals stock up for the winter ahead, too. In their caves, burrows, and nests, the animals will sleep, restore themselves, and maybe even tell their own stories. As members of this network of living beings, we are not passive, but proactive. In the dwindling light of days becoming shorter, we ready ourselves for the oncoming winter. For our ancestors, preparing for the winter months was a matter of survival, and everyone contributed to the preparations. To live is to be part of a family and a community. In life, we do not accomplish things alone. We carry the teachings, stories, songs, prayers, and support of our relatives.
This report is compiled with information from the steward team
1. Drainages: The new and improved entryway drainage performed well during the recent rainy spells, even when the rain was heavy. Surface drainages needed repair/rerouting post rain. There were two main places where the rain caused erosion and needed intervention. One was from the end of the driveway pavement to the riverbank. The other was between Grange and river. Places where water diverged from preferred route have been reinforced. Additional repairs will happen after Wednesday's modest rain. The goal is to have drainages in good shape by craft fair.
2. Humidity monitoring project. We propose putting in a basic inexpensive plastic barrier that will be attached to basement ceiling where feasible to reduce hall moisture levels.
3. Ladder and shopvac replacement. We are planning to buy a 12 foot ladder for upstairs. Also a new shopvac to keep basement clean. Budget?
4. Attic fan repair update (tim)
5. Front bathroom ventilation update (tim)
6. New interior entryway mat at stage pad entrance was left outside last month. It got wet and dirty in the rain event.
We have both interior and exterior entryway mats for all doorways. Normally the newest and nicest mats are placed inside each entryway. Older mats are used for exterior entryways. There was just bare floor main stage interior entryway so it wasn't that the mats got mixed up. Leaving it outside is bad for the mat and the floor. I am sure leaving it outside was accidental. It could be a rentor or perhaps it was moved outside during the a floor cleaning.
Three new members to vote on this month.