Author: Laura Stone

I just added a link, mostly for the benefit of my friend Seth, but also for anyone who wants to know more about the Iona Community -- they are an ecumenical group in Scotland (and around the world) that has an intentional Christian community on the island of Iona. I spent 8 weeks there last… Continue reading Iona Community Link

This weekend has been full and interesting, as parents and family of guests have been around. That brings a lot of energy and a different complexity to guests' lives / farm life. The stages of dealing with mental illness are strikingly similar to the stages of grief, both for family and for the people dealing… Continue reading Parent and Family Weekend

These are people on my team (again, names you might hear now and then): Shelly -- our supervisor, energetic, new dog owner, artist, really good at making her needs known in a helpful way, thoughtful and compassionate, intentional about most things she does Michelle -- staff, process oriented, working toward being a nurse, quiet and… Continue reading Residential people

I am part of the residential team, which provides support to guests during nights and evenings and provides daytime driving for guests and support to other teams. I work two dayshifts each week, driving people to appointments and doing random projects like cleaning up the video room, helping the garden team if they need more… Continue reading Schedule

I have discovered that my old blog is no longer letting people view it, and I don't want to lose everything I wrote there, so I'm beginning the process of shifting those things onto this blog.  Pardon the blast from the past... ignore it or enjoy it, as you like! *** 9/3/05 *** These are… Continue reading Gould Farm blast from the past…