September 1

I'll start dating my entries - our internet is on and off, so many entries may be late.

Today we had our first taste of work in the community. I chose to work in the kitchens at Findhorn for this week, along with a couple of other lady students. Upon entry to the kitchen we were greeted by two salty old kitchen chaps (well, they weren’t that old, but they were certainly wise) who gave us a tea break before we even started (to get to know one another), and gave us another 20 min. tea break an hour and a half later… this isn’t just a Findhorn thing, this is British thing… the entire community breaks for tea at least once or twice in the middle of whatever they happen to be doing. It does interrupt any momentum I might have had while working, but it’s never too hard to get back into the swing of things – and at least at the end of the day I’m not so burned out and wound up that I don’t know how to rest –As my friend Emily put it when they told us to break: “but I don’t know how to stop…” and she wasn’t joking. She is quite an intelligent person, but I had to tell her kindly to come wash her hands with me, she looked so much like a deer in headlights.
I hope to bring tea breaks back to the States (at least to my little corner). What a healthy habit – and not as ambitious as trying to bring siestas to the States (although I’ll never stop hoping for that one…)
Keep sending good thoughts and prayers, they’re much appreciated!!
Much love from Elizabeth in Scotland.