Dear family and dear friends August 2025
Where is a great “go to” for a family get together? A glacier is melting! 
What if we see it before it melts? Grandpa has always loved mountain goats, what about looking for one?
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| (Not a goat? How about a PIG?) |
(Maybe there is a reason northern light lovers choose "Forget Me NOT"!!)
Here is a cheer...to meals together;
birthdays braved;
beach flora and fauna scoured;
cultural carvings,
cuisine captured; service shared, eagle nests and bears spotted, ice broken with connections.
Who would scramble and zip 900 miles a day early to crash an unexpected early Fourth with family?
Who can infuse a dreary day with line art (native American drawing) 
Or has a knack for horse-whispering totem pole carvers?
Who plays tenor sax? Canoes with alligators? Can hike 100 miles in 10 days?
Who is testing a moon rocket scheduled for early 2026? 
Who can build a floating-bridge rail? 
Who worked for scores on advanced placement exams? Who aced Calculus? 
Who changed two tires before age 15? 
Who handcrafts paper or yarn dragons without instructions? 
Who can make fairy houses on a lake where Bing Crosby lived?
Who seems to appear whenever a wildlife or nature adventure is afoot?
Who can find service in every neck of the woods,
slug-dodging Juneau backroads to find a foodbank to label salmon filets?
Who has an "eagle eye?" (or at least is good at spotting things!) 
Who is eying higher education?
Who can architect the import and export of 32 individuals
in a one block radius in metropolis traffic without blinking an eye?
Who can feed "five thousand" with five boxes of pizza on 1/2 hour notice?
Who walks 20,000 steps a night for a 12 hour management shift?
Who knows "Four on a Couch" and can teach a room of dizzy “land legs”
to keep playing when the “party” is over?
“Who me? Yes, you! Not me, then who?”
Who is good at dumpster diving?
(finding a second time charm for casting a right arm!) :) 
What do you know about the 49th State?
Did you know that there are NO snakes? And that heading north can be AWESOME?
(Lots of space!)
What discoveries come walking with waves
and skipping stones?
Can waters be healing?
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What power comes in gathering?
What energy can blossom with making connections?
Trying new things?
With groups large and small, what happens with a motto: "Participate as you are able"?
What happens when we invite ‘ZERO EMPTY CHAIRS!’”?
What are the ripple effects to gathering?
Can we watch siblings share job-snagging tips, negotiating salaries to forge forward, as text chains explode with less-common participants and minds engage to brainstorm future adventures?
We affirm, there is power in gathering.
Strength in stories. Healing in following flow. Tell us your adventures! Who are you gathering? Are there stories that offer sustenance in your life?
We love you!! Thank you for contributing to OUR lives!
Laurene and Val
