My final Monday at Little Mountain Farm was spent entirely on food prep. (Breakfast: banana bread and toast with olive oil.) Monday food prep: Cut sprouts that Shoshanna grew in trays with scissors Help Yudith pick green & yellow zucchinis Run 1/2 of the pickings through a shredder Put shredded zucchinis into plastic freezer bags Label… More Plugging back into the “real world”
I arranged to meet my friend JC on the Sunday following the festival. JC, my friend Ann’s cousin, lives in Winnipeg, so I thought it would be nice to explore the city a bit with a local 🙂 The morning commenced with some work at the deli, as I hitched a ride with Benyamin so… More A dose of “normalcy”
Friday’s celebration was followed by a festival on Saturday, where the Twelve Tribes would hand out tea samples, dance and sing, and offer papers detailing the community. In the morning I woke to Shoshanna telling me that we were heading out in 40 minutes. She asked if I needed clothes because she had some I… More Saturday festival
Fridays are important days for the Twelve Tribes because members celebrate the Sabbath. I woke up on my first (and only) Friday in Winnipeg to Hacida knocking on my door because Qazaq needed my help at the deli. I got ready in 10 to 15 minutes and went straight into town. The community is so… More Party without technology
There are two steps to milking a goat: Squeeze the top of the teat near the udder to close it off so milk doesn’t go back up the udder Squeeze the entire rest of the teat so milk shoots into the bucket/pail I didn’t expect to be nervous when I entered the goat pen the… More Milking a goat is intimidating
When you live among 15 to 20 people in one house, food prep takes a huge chunk of time. One day, I helped bake multiple loaves of banana bread. The recipe called for 16 cups of flour. Up to this point, that was the biggest recipe I’ve ever followed and completed. Phew! But it turned… More A big batch of banana bread
At Little Mountain Farm, washing dishes is a three-step process: I invested a good amount of time doing dishes during my stay in Winnipeg, but it wasn’t too bad because most of the time I had help from other members. Anyway, I spent day three with the Twelve Tribe community in Winnipeg at the house… More A cost-efficient way to wash dishes for big families
I wrote in a previous entry that despite my comfortable sleeping arrangements with my hosts, I experienced the biggest culture shock in Winnipeg. Some of my friends asked if I was staying with a cult, and I actually gave this some consideration. The word “cult” is oftentimes associated with a negative connotation, despite its multiple… More A little about the Twelve Tribes
Since it was Hendrike’s last day in Winnipeg and she had yet to see The Yellow Deli (a business operated by the community) that’s where we went and spent the following day. We started the day off with a sample of delightful cinnamon tea with honey, then toured the entire deli building. Hendrike and I… More A day at The Yellow Deli
I woke up around 5 a.m. the following morning and ate my leftover turkey breast Subway sandwich from the night before. I hit the road past 5:30 a.m. and received the best perk of the worst budget travel decision to rent a car: I got front seats to the sunrise. As always is the case… More A different world in Winnipeg
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