<SPAN id=post_message_1271196692>These are some posts I moved from the wrong thread to this one.</SPAN><br><SPAN><SPAN id=post_message_1271193118>Ex and I checked out an OH commune in Athens in the mid 80s. Central barn structure with the tractor, tv, washer and dryer, canning stuff, big stoves, tables,a common area. About 8 families shared 200 acres or so. You owned your own land, 5 acres, homes were easily constructed post and beam. No one was poor, they were employed in Athens with the college and so forth. A few artists had good businesses going. One single man (most were families) had just inherited a stained glass busness and shop from the artists that moved out. It was very much an independent social struture that shared their needs and expertese, much like neighbors that help each other out. <BR><BR>The people were about 10 or so years older than us in their 40s and some were considering moving on so there were openings in the commune. It was managed by an older fellow, well educated. He was trying to replace his people with younger blood. I feel it was a sound idea but it was gently falling apart, I think it was started in the late 60's. I tried to look it up on the internet to see if it was still in existance, maybe someone else would have better luck. It was called something like "Sunflower Farm" and they planted sunflowers along the lane to get back to it.<BR><FONT color=#ff00ff size=3><B>Dragonfly</B></FONT><BR></SPAN><BR>This has to be it and it looks like it has stood as "an intentional" AKA commune, community for many years. That is probably the same fellow that inherited the glass shop when the other artists left. He sure looked a lot younger then though. <IMG border=0 align=absMiddle src="
https://vanlivingforum.com/images/boards/smilies/biggrin.gif"> Thanks! I have wondered about the farm at times over the years. I just remembered, we found out about Sunflower Farm in a classified from Mother Earth Magazine.<BR><FONT color=#00ff00 size=3><B>Dragonfly</B></FONT><BR><br><P><DIV align=center><DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; WIDTH: 90%"><DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 2px">Quote:</DIV><DIV style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #e8e8e8 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: 1px inset; PADDING-BOTTOM: 6px; PADDING-LEFT: 6px; PADDING-RIGHT: 6px; BORDER-TOP: 1px inset; BORDER-RIGHT: #e8e8e8 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 6px; spacing: 3px">Originally Posted by <B>Seraphim</B><BR>Dragonfly<BR><BR><A href="
http://sunflowerglass.com/" target=_blank target=_blank><FONT color=#000000>Try this link for your commune</FONT></A><BR><BR>Sunflower Glass at Sunflower Farm (an intention community) near Amesville Ohio.<BR><BR><DIV align=center><DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; WIDTH: 90%"><DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 2px">Quote:</DIV><DIV style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #e8e8e8 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: 1px inset; PADDING-BOTTOM: 6px; PADDING-LEFT: 6px; PADDING-RIGHT: 6px; BORDER-TOP: 1px inset; BORDER-RIGHT: #e8e8e8 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 6px; spacing: 3px">I live in an intentional community - Sunflower Farm, hence the name of the studio. The members of the community own their own homes, but we share the land in common. The community is in the country. I find the solitude and the beauty of the area are inspirational. It's lovely here, and there's no season that I don't enjoy. My background is in social work. One day I did what a lot of social workers do, I burned out. I had always liked stained glass, but I didn't have a background in art. So I took an eight-week night school class, quit my job and started doing stained glass. That was in 1980. I haven't looked back and have no regrets. All of my work is reflective of my joy in life. John Matz </DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV><P></P></SPAN>
