Winter Solstice &
Artmas
East Winders celebrated the winter solstice together on
December 21st. Twenty-five
people participated in this year’s artmas exchange, an East Wind tradition
celebrated by exchanging unique homemade gifts. Though the shortest day of the
year was fun, most of us look forward to the days growing longer. The winter has been mild so far, but the cold
air and grey landscape leave many of us yearning for spring.
New Sawmill
We recently purchased a new sawmill from Peterson Portable Sawmills
to replace our antiquated old sawmill. A
site on our New Land was selected and prepared this fall, and our new sawmill
now sits securely under a shiny new tin roof.
We milled up our first logs on the new sawmill this month, producing oak
boards to side the new sawmill building.
The new sawmill is more fuel efficient, and can be easily run by a two
person crew. We intend to produce lots
of quality lumber to be used for building projects throughout community.
