Creating Connections

The blackberries seemed to ripen early this summer in the huge field close to my home. It felt therapeutic to stop and pick blackberries on my walks. Being in nature with the fragrance of berries and watching as they almost fell off the branch when they were perfectly ripe was as satisfying as walking in the door with a full, fresh bag of berries for dessert! Also important is that, in my community, where there are blackberries, there are bears! One of the greatest lessons

I love Spring!. It’s a time of year where we are often settled into our usual rhythm and routines. Some of us have just had an extra bit of down time if we took a Spring Break. Sounds lovely…except these days, we might need more than a bit of downtime to cope. In these very turbulent times filled with war, climate change, and economic uncertainty, Spring offers something especially important. Spring brings hope! There is hope for warmer, sunnier weather of course; however,