Sometimes words and people, hopes and dreams, food and purpose converge as they did last evening at THANKSLIVING in the Salero Restaurant atop the Cape Henlopen Hotel in Rehoboth Beach. We were overlooking the deep blue calm of the Atlantic Ocean as Ruth Lamothe delivered her moving Blessing for the Planet and the Animals. Perhaps it is my longing for the mending of creation that was stirred and reawakened last evening, for I experienced the powerful movement of community well-being among the hundred plus people gathered. We were nourished in body and spirit by words, by stories, by art, by gifts, by a splendid cruelty-free meal and by the ebullient spirit of those present and presenting. Thank you Tara Sheldon, Ruth Lamothe, Paul Williams, Susan Morissette and Aysha Akhtar. It was an evening to remember, cherish, and inspire.