livfully

In addition to the many school years wrapping up formally this time of year marks many 'thinking and growth landmarks." Some folks (hopefully each class or grade level of students can get a flyer or email of congratulations..People may go on other paths so it's nice to address the group energy and the individual efforts and wide support for any venture to have proceeded.

This is the time for celebrations with family, friends and communities and even with parties (and Eco-Fairs such as at Compass Charter School in Brooklyn NY) and graduations (hurrah for everyone completing their studies for

Amidst hearing the 'depressing news' on WNYC about President Trump declaring the Paris Climate Accord 'disadvantages' the US, I heard about an exciting Cultural Arts Festival in Brooklyn NY which I can likely enjoy at some point. Maybe a little networking at said cultural event (and all other gatherings) could promote networking and building awareness. Unfortunately now WNYC is describing the more visible opiod epidemic, with people showing up in public places, such as the library in Philadelphia having clear problems, even overdosing on the door step.

Those advocates promote the idea of

Graduation Reflection Time, Some "Leave Sooner" Than Others...a poem from from 2002 by Kaelan Paton (1/1993-6/2009), a former Letter to the Editor of the Litchield County Times (CT-USA)

LEAVES

by Kaelan Palmer Paton, age 9

Lovely colors like a painting

Eventful seasons with extraordinary golds

Amazing shapes like thin ice on the water

Valuable reds fill the air

Easy yellows come down before deep oranges

Simple browns come down last but not least

It can be comforting to reflect on the personality and spirit of a person who is no longer walking the Earth.