"Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to
play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul."
~ John Muir
In our neighborhood we're fortunate to have both and celebrated that fact
in May by coming together for another Friends of Boggy Creek Potluck. The picnic blanket overflowed with blueberry
and raspberry muffins, breakfast tacos, coffee, Moroccan mint tea, sausage,
melon, cheese, crackers, blackberries & a peach tart. Even more important than all of the delicious
food was the company. We setup by the
graceful log laying in lush San Augustine grass near the creek and watched neighbors
stroll or cycle over bringing food and stories to share.
Together we marveled at one neighbor's talent at cycling with his dog's leash
attached to the handlebars, laughed when a very young neighbor deciding to
"water" a tree, shared stories and frustration about home improvement projects
and talked about our hopes for the park and the neighborhood. Some of the more energetic neighbors played
tag around the "Dazzle House" art installation or practiced
balancing and dismounting from the log.
We left the park both full of food and with a stronger sense of community.
"Communication leads to community, that is, to
understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing." ~ Rollo May
