Page 2 RAIN April1980 p R A I N D R o s Last month we were " in transition" again. We moved our offices upstairs so that · those of us who live at Rainhouse can use the kitchen without going "to work" and work can be left upstairs with the door closed on it. Mark has moved in from the Tualatin Valley, and John, our resources coordinator, has crossed the river to live here in the Northwest neighborhood too. Jill's moved downstairs and I'm coming down from the ridge where I've lived in the forest all winter and will be living at Rainhouse also. We've been stripping and sanding and plastering and painting, and we've really only begun to transform our enormous old house into the glowing lovely workingl living space we dream of. Jill and Karen and I have spent sunny afternoons in the garden making "where we are a paradise." Anyway, amid all the chaos, our Feb. 1 March issue went out with more uncorrected errors than we like to see. We're fully aware, for example, that the Underground Space Center in Minnesota is not Under 'bround (for that matter it's not really underground either). MASEC is the Mid· America Solar Energy Complex, not Conference (in cast' you were wondering when it was scheduled to occur). Then two Rainmakers were left out of the staff box: Karen Streuning, our intern from Antioch, and Deanna Nord from Macalaster (Deanna was only here for a month-long interim internship) . Artists went uncredited, too, last month, most notably Ben Shahn, whoseMan Picking Wheat , 1950, we used with our Family Farms spread. (© estate of Ben Shahn , 1980, permission granted.) Honest, folks, we'll settle down someday. We're working on it. -CC RAIN Journal of Appropriate Technology RAIN is a nationa" information access journal making connections for people seeking more simple and satisfying lifestyles, working to make their communities and regions economically self-reliant, building a society that is durable, just and ecologically sound. RAIN STAFF: Carlotta Collette, Mark Roseland, Pauline Deppen, Jill Stapleton, Dawn Brenholtz, John Ferrell Karen Struening RAIN, Journal of Appropriate Technology, is published 10 times yearly by the Rain Umbrella, Inc., a non-profit corporation located at 2270 N. W. Irving, Portland, Oregon 97210, telephone 503 /227-5110 . Copyright © 1980 Rain Umbrella, Inc. No part may be reprinted without written permission. Typesettirlg : Irish Setter Printing: Times Litho An aerial view of Eastern Oregon by Ancil Nance
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