Shared Experiences Foster Friendship

Lucky me!  I just returned from 10 days exploring Vienna, Austria, and Venice, Italy, with Marc.  Among the many activities we participated in during our time in Europe was a wonderful Italian cooking class at the incomparable Acquolina Cooking School in Lido, a suburb of Venice.  Nearly 40 of us took part in a half-day […]

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Plant Seeds Elsewhere

Yesterday, we focused on the importance of deepening one’s roots, of establishing community in one’s community, of “growing where you are planted.”  Today, let’s take it a step further and talk about planting seeds elsewhere.  The idea here, of course, is to think outside the “four walls” of your own community and look beyond our […]

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