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You will thank yourself for taking a few minutes to learn about Permculture (short for permanent agriculture, but refers to more than that) on www.northamericanpermaculture.org  Like a magician revealing their secrets, I am trying along with tens of thousands of permies and other activists ot spread the good word that somehow over millenia people have known how to care for People, the Earth and Resources (the first three letters of PERMaculture--see more on my Turtle Garden post on this blog where I give ideas for designing a garden or other project using a design process that incorporates

After seeing a stellar performance of Peter Pan at the Warner Theatre in Torrington, and Spring Awakening in Sharon (note the comment section of the blog for coverage of taboo topics in the play and our current world), I was invited along with thousands online but with a hundred others showing up to see Dan Malloy at the Cornwall Town Hall.

While the nature scene on the small stage behind him was set for the Grumbling Gyphons show of Pinocchio(and maybe that's an reminder to all of  US to be as honest as possible, given a situation but of course in politics and serious decision making like

Each town recreation group and school and daycare outfit could promote family socials to help parents meet each other before school and daycare begins as well as seasonally to welcome newcomers and help everybuddy keep in touch. There are basic helpful tips to know, like who is one's class and where people live or at least their e-mails for keeping up on school and town events, parent and youth programs and social gatherings.

(Maybe that last one is the Most Important.) While kids may get jitters about going off to a new school or on to the next grade, so can parents.