A Home for Jill Lorenzini
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Help Jill Lorenzini secure her home in this time of insecurity.
Jill Lorenzini – artist, educator, natural builder, wild foods forager, desert harvester, food preservationist, community organizer, activist, generous and tender-hearted soul – needs our help. In March, as the pandemic arrived, the land was scheduled to be sold, and an eviction notice forced her to starting gathering her things to move in the worst of times. But in the time since, a rare chance has arisen for her to purchase the land and secure a home. Can you help her?
Since 1999, Jill has made a life and living based from a 1/2-acre homestead on a rustic parcel of desert land west of Tucson, in a small strawbale house she built herself. This home and desert connection enables Jill to do the work she does as a steward and educator who helps all of us to learn more about sane and simple living in the the Sonoran Desert, its miraculous plants, its sacred bounty.
You might know Jill from her weekly demonstrations at the Santa Cruz River Farmer’s Market, where perhaps she showed you how to pick mesquite pods, pickle cholla buds, or turn barrel cactus fruit into candy. Or you know her from her work as a natural builder, using mud and straw, wire, bottles and other materials to make walls and structures. Or maybe you know her from her Greens Goddess produce business, when she regularly provided sparkly lettuce and other greens to hungry desert dwellers. Or you know her as an artist, arranging food mandalas, drawing Sonoran Desert foods calendars, making sun prints, and photographing all the ways one might look at a saguaro. In whatever way you’ve crossed paths will Jill, no doubt you’ve been gifted something—a creosote bundle, chocolate covered saguaro fruit, a friendly laugh, words of encouragement, a listening ear.
This land isn’t just an investment for Jill, it's her everyday livelihood. As much of her in-person teaching work has dried up in this pandemic, she’s working now to create virtual classes and sell her food creations and artwork. Buying this land and will give her housing security and enable her to keep doing the work she does to steward and support this desert and to share it with you – via your eyes, your hands, your taste buds.
Time is of the essence. Jill is hoping to make an offer in late May.
I can’t think of a more selfless friend than Jill. I hope you’ll help me in supporting this fund to help her secure her home, especially in this uncertain time. Whatever you offer, your whole stimulus check, or just a small portion of it, I know she’ll be grateful.
We are in tough times. So many are needing financial help right now. Here one simple and immediate way to help out a person in need, right now.
Learn more about Jill on her web site and on her Facebook page.
(Photo credits: Portrait of Jill by Kathleen Dreier; Mesquite mandala by Jill Lorenzini)
Jill Lorenzini – artist, educator, natural builder, wild foods forager, desert harvester, food preservationist, community organizer, activist, generous and tender-hearted soul – needs our help. In March, as the pandemic arrived, the land was scheduled to be sold, and an eviction notice forced her to starting gathering her things to move in the worst of times. But in the time since, a rare chance has arisen for her to purchase the land and secure a home. Can you help her?
Since 1999, Jill has made a life and living based from a 1/2-acre homestead on a rustic parcel of desert land west of Tucson, in a small strawbale house she built herself. This home and desert connection enables Jill to do the work she does as a steward and educator who helps all of us to learn more about sane and simple living in the the Sonoran Desert, its miraculous plants, its sacred bounty.
You might know Jill from her weekly demonstrations at the Santa Cruz River Farmer’s Market, where perhaps she showed you how to pick mesquite pods, pickle cholla buds, or turn barrel cactus fruit into candy. Or you know her from her work as a natural builder, using mud and straw, wire, bottles and other materials to make walls and structures. Or maybe you know her from her Greens Goddess produce business, when she regularly provided sparkly lettuce and other greens to hungry desert dwellers. Or you know her as an artist, arranging food mandalas, drawing Sonoran Desert foods calendars, making sun prints, and photographing all the ways one might look at a saguaro. In whatever way you’ve crossed paths will Jill, no doubt you’ve been gifted something—a creosote bundle, chocolate covered saguaro fruit, a friendly laugh, words of encouragement, a listening ear.
This land isn’t just an investment for Jill, it's her everyday livelihood. As much of her in-person teaching work has dried up in this pandemic, she’s working now to create virtual classes and sell her food creations and artwork. Buying this land and will give her housing security and enable her to keep doing the work she does to steward and support this desert and to share it with you – via your eyes, your hands, your taste buds.
Time is of the essence. Jill is hoping to make an offer in late May.
I can’t think of a more selfless friend than Jill. I hope you’ll help me in supporting this fund to help her secure her home, especially in this uncertain time. Whatever you offer, your whole stimulus check, or just a small portion of it, I know she’ll be grateful.
We are in tough times. So many are needing financial help right now. Here one simple and immediate way to help out a person in need, right now.
Learn more about Jill on her web site and on her Facebook page.
(Photo credits: Portrait of Jill by Kathleen Dreier; Mesquite mandala by Jill Lorenzini)
Organizer and beneficiary
Kimi Eisele
Organizer
Tucson, AZ
Jill Lorenzini
Beneficiary