Whenever I step out of the modern world and am only with the land and the people around me, my awareness and my mindset shift. In a way, the world I live in becomes smaller – the few people I am with, the food we eat, the water in the lake that nourishes us, the forest I walk in, my own thoughts and feelings.
Blueberry Wild Moon 2023
We had set out as a group of 28 people, with ages ranging from 8 months, all the way to 60 years. Slightly more than a third of the group were kids and young adults, and male and female were quite balanced in their representation.