The story of "stone soup" exists all over the world. In my favorite variation, a hungry traveler appears in a village with nothing but an empty cooking pot, a spoon, and his appetite. When the suspicious villagers will not show him any hospitality, he sets up his cooking pot in the village square and begins to boil water with a simple stone in it. As the curious townsfolk pass by and ask him what he is doing, he stirs the pot and tells them that he is making stone soup. Further, he explains that at the end of the day when the soup is ready, everyone will be welcome to come and share it with him. Eventually, one person ventures that the soup might taste better with a few onions. Soon the villagers are each bringing a couple of carrots, a potato, a little salt, whatever they have on hand to add to the stone soup. At the end of the day, the whole town shares a delicious pot of soup (minus the stone, of course), and they have also learned a valuable lesson about the joys of shari...
Good morning all! I truly hope you had a great weekend. It was colder than I was hoping, for sure, but all over our yard and throughout town, I see the signs of spring. Our friends Cindy and Angela prepared the potluck dinner for everyone last Friday! It was delicious, featuring a chicken and a vegetarian lasagna with a terrific white sauce. The dining room was full! If you are interested in getting involved in this potluck, just email me back. We can always make room for more friends! I was going to share with you about the results of our Board meeting and which activities/areas for service we decided to expand into, but I'm still waiting on the input from a few people, so that will have to wait until next week. However, that doesn't mean that we haven't already launched into a couple of initiatives that we all agreed on. We are moving forward with several partnerships, including with the Ayer Library, some of the area churche...