The Text Archives

A collection of articles written by members of Four Quarters Farm.
About life, The Farm, what matters and what does not seem to.
Where we are going and how to get there.

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They Bought the Farm  Orren Whiddon Jan, 2001
     A nuts and bolts "How To" of the Land Trust. The plan that Four Quarters has developed to purchase and hold in Trust The Land.
       

An Interview with and Elder kailin Miller Jan, 2001
     Travel in our time machine as we teleport to 2045 for an interview with the last living member of the original Four Quarters BoD.

The True Winter Wonderland   Dave Gratta Jan, 2001
     Ever wished you could have the camp all to yourself when it is clothed in ice and snow?

Trust Pamela Alexander  Jan, 2000  
      An examination of the "gut" of giving and recieving, in Trust.

I See through the Eyes of Spirit    Derek Johnson
     One mans experience in the center of the Circle from Stones Rising 2000

A Samhain's Night Story    Orren Whiddon 10-1999
    What happens when NeoPagan meets Christian in the Rites of the Dead. And we must all reexamine the labels we use to describe ourselves and others.

My African Experience     Alan Richardson  10-1999
    Memories of a 19-year-old exchange student's experiences with indigenous magic in Sierra Leone.

Santo in Brooklyn    Pamela Alexander  10-1999
    Decades later, a little girl's memories of strange goings-on in Brooklyn find a home.

Crossing a Portal   Orren Whiddon 9-1999
    One man's memory of Stones Rising 1999

The Evolution of Ceremony    Pamela Alexander  9-1999
    Ceremony answers many needs for many reasons. Sometimes it becomes the necessary passageway as we move through the difficult and challenging times in our lives.

The Land Trust    Orren Whiddon 9-1999
    What does it mean to create a perpetual trust of Land, how can it be done, and why?

Growing Community    Kailin Miller  10-1998
    Community arises not by design, but by shared values, struggle and commitment. This is how it happened at The Un-Festival, Labor Day 1998

I Have a Habit   Kailin Miller  8-1999
    Just what is the cost of making a commitment?

Dreaming the Body Tribal    Pamela Alexander, Orren Whiddon 5-1998
    A prose poem about our bodies within the ritual context; tattoo, piercing and adornment.