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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.

I've had a chance to chat with about a dozen different Applachian Trail (AT) "through hikers' (going from Georgia to Maine, a little over 2000 miles in the spring and summer months, from the south to the north). I've also met some who are doing the trail in sections rather methodically, some doing shorter hikes of a few days to a few weeks and I just met my first 'flip-flopper' who is doing various parts of the trail at different times or 'legs of his journey'.

Okay, so they are donning hiking shoes and giving themselves supplies and networks to get support from folks at home or as they can