And there we have it: the official poster for the first edition of our Santito Festival! It is written in the local language, so to clarify: it’s July 27th starting at six in the afternoon. We will dedicate our water source to Saint Titus Brandsma and do so in style.
New Free Commune member and Youtube episode
On May 11 Gabriela was born, weighing 3,8 kilos and healthy as can be! She shall surely appear soon in one of our videos, but for the moment both mama and baby need to recover from birth.
First festival in Penadexo
On 27 July, we hold our first celebration in Penadexo in honour of our patron saint Titus Brandsma. In Spanish, Titus becomes Tito, which is also the diminutive for any word. Thus we get the catchy name of Festival de Santito: little saint festival.
Farming in an abandoned village, does it make sense?
As farmers are protesting all over Europe because they can no longer make a decent living, is there any future for farming? Let alone farming in a Spanish mountain village on marginal lands? The answer might surprise you.
The Big Cleanup Episode
In search of water part III
The third installment of our search for water in our abandoned village in Spain. In this episode we finally find the source!
Stunning autumn pictures
In the north of Europe, autumn is my least favorite season. Gray and dreary days, weeks where you don’t see the sun. Cold, windy and wet. I felt that autumn colours, falling leafs and mushrooms popping up was no compensation. Autumn in Galicia is definitely far better: for the second year I get to enjoy […]
Liberty in our Lifetime 2023 Speech
Recipe for creating a community It’s good to see so many young people here My compliments for the organizations generous discount for young people. You want to make the world more free and perhaps you like to live and invest in some form of libertarian community. Show of hands how many would be willing to […]
In search of water part II
Free Commune presentation in Prague
14 & 15 October we are participating in the conference ‘Liberty in our Lifetime’ in Prague.This conference focuses on so-called free cities, or in our case a free village, where the rights and freedom of the individual are respected. Last year, we participated virtually. It was too early to offer anything back then. Read about […]