Waking in fog for the third straight day:
"The Maine Experience" stakes its claim,
teaching us once again
to live in the moment: this cool, moist air,
this amazing fog, these island sounds –
bell buoys, fog horns, the unseen gull,
day after day of nothing-in-particular to do
and no bright days to make us feel bad
about doing it.
How blessed are the details,
the exact points of breath,
the abstractions of thought.
Blessed be what is missing,
blessed be what is not.
What happens when ordinary people decide to pay it forward? Extraordinary change. See how individuals are making a difference, finding solutions, overcoming adversity, and giving back globally.
A recent graduate of Vermont's Middlebury College, Corinne Almquist promotes the practice of distributing produce that would otherwise go to waste to those in need.
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