10/28/2024
I sent out a recap of last weekend's gathering here on the farm. Here's the link to read more: https://open.substack.com/pub/perennialroots/p/building-community?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=1oso4p.
Folks began gathering on our small farm, located in the middle of nowhere Virginia, sandwiched between the waters of the Atlantic Ocean and the Chesapeake Bay. They came from across Virginia and Maryland, as far away as Japan and Oregon, and as close as ten minutes down the road from us. New neighbors were discovered, old friendships rekindled, fresh relationships made and visions from so many spectrums danced together, reminding us all that talking and relating to each other on a human level is not just possible but very necessary in these times of so much political strife and divide. Perhaps the abyss is not quite so dark as we imagine and it is possible for the chasm between two folks, if we stretch out far enough, to disappear altogether.