Day 8: Boulder, CO

August 23, 2011... The morning began with Charlie taking the Xterra to a shop to get it looked at. The verdict: clogged fuel injectors.  The cost $24.00! So we shall see when we hit the road tomorrow!  Then we had a wonderful breakfast with Frances and Prue. Their mission for the day was to explore the town, while ours was to meet with our friends Makasha and Katherine to discuss Imagine Learning and the Hummingbird Living School .  On a previous visit, we felt guided to explore the creation of a new educational offering based upon our alignment around children.

On that visit, while the four of them sat in ceremony in a kiva, Charlie had had a vision of the four of them standing in a circle, holding hands.  From the center of the circle stood a tall tree, with a branch going out to each of the four of them in the four directions.  There was music and joy in the leaves when they moved.   It was a sign to the four of them to plant a new seed together that would flourish into the tree. The key would be the quality of the connection between them.

On this trip, our purpose was to listen for what that seed might be.  On the hottest day on record in Boulder, we sat in the shade of a porch at Star House (a remarkable place stewarded by Makasha and Katherine's friends, David and Leila Tressemer.  We had a wonderful session that ended in the kiva with a closing ceremony.  Makasha and Katherine are beautiful visionaries who had served others for many years and continue to advance ideas of a future that includes all of us.  They also founded an intentional community (where they live) called Hummingbird.

We plan to continue developing our work together after we are settled in North Carolina.

The evening saw all of us get together for a nourishing dinner. It was a wonderful conclusion to the day. More to come, but here are some photos:

Katherine and Prue

Francis and Makasha

US!