We gathered as individuals connected through our love of nature and community, sharing our current story and what’s inspiring us these days. It is again a pleasure to connect, scattered as we are in person from VT, NY, MI and other places. Andrea Keeble joined us from Los Angeles CA ….where she is an art director, and originally from MI, having visited Strawbale Studio as a school student !
Some emergent themes: Art, Youth, Peace strategies, Renewable Energy, Love of Nature, Joy of being more connected with people (Covid is lowering).
Folks shared “What’s alive in me” and “What’s inspiring me”. We enjoy nurturing ourselves and each other with our sharing.
Jack Chase co-hosted and took these notes, reflecting each persons’ story.
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Deanne Bednar |
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Jack Chase |
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Peggy C. | Reading a book by a doctor named Garcia. This doctor extended the life and quality of the life of a friend by several years. All these different wonderful people, Deanne and Mary White, they all combine. All these tracks that used to be separate; they now overlap and combine. Peggy is awestruck. Peggy feels blessed on account of the opportunities that she intuitively found interesting.
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Clare | With the reopening of the state, Clare has been thinking a lot about social interactions and moving forward with getting to know people. Clare has lost or found limited connections with the people in her life. Even the smallest connections and conversations are so essential for our health. Clare had taken them for granted, and in the past year those opportunities have been very limited. Just being in the general vicinity of other people Clare really appreciated that. Clare missed the ambience of people. So good to have it back. |
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Jubilant Jo | Jubilant Jo is extending greetings from Sarah Stevenson, who is attending a funeral for a friend’s son. Every day, the list of things to do gets longer from the start of the day to the end of the day. Just before she hopped on, she was mulching blueberries. Almost 300’ a row, but there is still more to do. Enough for herself, and enough to share with friends, family, and neighbors. Perhaps by next year there will be enough to advertise for other people to pick.
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Regina |
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Cole |
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Andrea Keeble |
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Jim Bates | When will we open up the playground?
The news just came through to be together in Michigan. The Great Lakes and Rivers meetup at Circle Pines. The Oakland County Permaculture meetup. Clarkson, Plymouth: it moves around. |
Jim’s new collaborative projects in Renewable Energy. See https://www.sendenergy.org/ |
Airlie | Came in the zoom around 10p and stayed and chatted with Jim who also came in around that time. (The zoom ends at 10p) |