New trees at Coho!

  Trees! They provide oxygen, keep us cool in the summer, provide nesting places for our winged friends, and shade to play in. We finally got around to planting some trees for the path, and discovered that all of our underground utilities and coho plumbing make it difficult to find a good spot for trees. […]

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How to do a social distancing birthday party

April, who runs a community supported bakery during the day (Wild Yeast Bakery) celebrated her birthday with cake for her neighbors! For social distancing, it was an outdoor party, in masks, using her pastry/bread slider that she uses to serve folks at a distance at the farmer’s market. Off in the distance (on the common […]

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How do we do social distancing at Coho?

Circles of Solidarity: when the weather permits, decorative chalk circles on the path indicate exactly where to stand to be six feet apart. The visual really helps those of us who are accustomed to a little tighter social spacing get used to the new distance. At the beginning of the shut-down, concerns about minimizing contact […]

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Our Bountiful Community

Meet Valerie and her sidekick, Chaco. Valerie is a master gardener. She can be seen delivering dahlias, cucumbers, tomatoes, tomatillos, and the occasional eggplant door to door at Coho. Valerie is one of the blessings of living at Coho.

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Meet Dill, Katie’s trainee dog!

From Jodi, proud Mom: As a part of her Waldorf 8th grade project presentation this week, Katie made a slideshow showing different aspects of raising guide dog puppy “Dill.”  Katie and Jodi (who is an talented dog trainer) will have Dill through January or February of next year. Watch Dill’s story here.  When Dill makes it […]

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CoHo Supermoon

Tonight we had the pleasure of seeing a supermoon. With the clear sky it lit up our path and was very bright.   Did you know that some earthquakes and tsunamis have been linked to supermoons? Crazy! No natural disasters have been reported at CoHo or in Corvallis at the time of this writing.

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New July 4th Tradition?

Corvallis has a tradition of a July 4th “anyone can participate” parade. CoHo has participated as a group in years past. Last year when a group of young cohoots missed the parade start time and felt disappointed, they organized their own parade down the path at coho. Everyone had so much fun, they decided to […]

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4th of July Parade CoHo Style

The kids had planned to go to the Corvallis 4th of July parade, which is an anybody can participate event.  Just show up and be in the parade.  (One year, the CoHo musicians practiced Sousa marches for a few months ahead of time and we marched together.  It was the only band in the parade.  […]

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Sightings at CoHo – Mysterious Pink Lights

On mid-June sunny mornings, iridescent pink lights shimmer on the pavement for brief periods, in front of buildings 3 & 6, and 2 & 7. The most striking lights appear in the form of a pink bird with a yellow wing, sitting on a pink branch. This photo is at the foot of the Hervey’s […]

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