Optimism Blooms

There are neighborhood gardens and window boxes and farmers’ markets sprouting up and bringing beautiful produce and new community connections. There are co-operative markets, common house meals, and protocols for collecting organic matter for composting. There are anecdotes and examples that feed the soul and touch the heart. One woman worked with bringing local produce into her schools’ kitchen. An elderly individual who wished to stay in his home turned his yard over to community gardeners, and garnered organic produce and new friends in the process. There is a Ranch, on this side of heaven, called Pie Ranch, which is a hands-on learning laboratory teaching kids about what goes into the pie (and their bodies), all the ingredients, from sweetener to flour to filling, all herded from the Pie Ranch. (Ah, it gives new meaning to want a piece?)
  

There are encouraging changes made on personal, community, and societal levels.    

Bloom

     Which is a fine thing. Or as they say on the (Pie) Ranch, “Sweet!”