• 2026 - Community - Doing Things Differently - October

    Loneliness

    I feel Loneliness only when surrounded by other people. I love talking one on one with someone – but as more people enter the space – I feel myself disconnecting. Around very large groups of people I feel cut off and alone on the planet. I don’t feel a oneness – like we are all in it together, that people say they feel at large concerts and rallies. I wish I did feel that way. It spirals quickly from loneliness to despair, as if I or anything around me even matters. Loneliness, as currently termed, defined and understood, is actually…

  • 2026 - Monthly Newsletters - October

    It’s all about stories

    All the little paths we can take with our stories (Tree between Well House and Sunset House @ Well of Mercy Hamptonville, NC) When we think about it (and I try hard not to): Everything we do is because someone, somewhere thought it was a good idea. And told a good enough story to someone else to have them buy in. And then to another person and then another person. Soon that other person is us and we think it's a good idea. Soon those who bought in - including us - are all telling the same...