Dear Friends and Colleagues,

While visiting the UK for the month of April I was blown away by bluebells and bumble bees, humbled by walking the ground of my ancestors and reconnected with old friends. The trip I had planned was very different from the adventure that emerged once time and space opened up and the mystery could step in.  I walked muddy green pastures with new born lambs and forest floors carpeted with bluebells. It seemed everywhere I encountered enormous bumble bees flying on impossibly tiny wings carrying pollen from flower to flower. I felt like a bumble bee myself buzzing from place to place carrying the ideas of  the Work That Reconnects and the Conscious Elders Network.  (See upcoming Empowered Elder Webinar) 

I actually met a distant relative who was descended from my ancestor who came to North American from Sussex about the time of the Mayflower. The family still lives in the same town and farms the land. I also learned about the prehistoric people who lived there and as I walked the land that my ancestors had walked I felt the rocks knew some part of me. We are all very literally the earth walking. I am now California walking as my body is now made up of the water, air, and food of California but somewhere in my DNA still lives a little of the black flint of the Sussex Downs.

I am always happy to come home to San Geronimo Valley and particularly with the exciting movement towards a regenerative vision for the golf course which has been purchased by the County of Marin. As someone who worked for 20 years to promote local food and farming I believe we have a golden opportunity not only to project the land and creeks but also to produce more local organic food which can reduce our carbon foot print, build community and give access to more local healthy food. Informational and inspirational events start May 24th.

Another project I am happy to come home to is Slow Money. I have been on the Steering Committee for many years and believe that investing in local farms and food entrepreneurs is a way to help build a sustainable food system for all. Our big event Food Funded is May 24th check it out. 

The best result of my trip was reconnecting with old friends, some of whom I have known since childhood, others since college and some since our children were small. Friends old and new made the trip beautiful and gave me the freedom to be myself as I buzzed around. Thank you all. 

Keep on Buzzing, Constance