Why We Are Building Still Waters
The story behind the project. Why we chose 507 acres in Shasta County. What we hope this place will mean for our family, and for the 75 families who will join us as founding stewards.
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Letters from the Land
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Letters from the land. Build updates, founder reflections, seasonal essays, and stories from the families taking root at Still Waters. A slow newsletter for a slow project.
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Build Updates from the Land
Honest, ongoing reports from the project's progress. Land acquisition milestones, Phase 0 infrastructure, the Worship House design process, and the slow, beautiful work of bringing Still Waters into being. These posts are how investors, founding families, and friends of the project stay close.
First updates coming with Phase 0
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Founder Reflections
Longer-form essays from Kassi and Justin on the why behind Still Waters. The decisions that shaped the project. The questions that keep us up at night. The hopes that keep us moving forward. Less newsletter, more journal entry.
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Rhythms of the Year
Posts tied to the turning of the seasons. The first frost. The longest day. The harvest feast. The candlelit Worship House at solstice. These are the entries that move slower than the build updates, marking time the way the land marks time.
The first seasonal entries are coming
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Stories from the Founding Families
As founding families arrive and begin shaping life at Still Waters, their stories will be shared here. Why they came. What they expected. What they found. How their lives have changed. This section will grow as the community takes root.
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Stay Close to the Land
A monthly letter from Still Waters. Build updates from the land, reflections on the seasons, and the occasional invitation to a gathering. No noise. No selling. Just the slow growth of a place being made with care.
Welcome. The next letter will arrive at the start of the next season.