After a 7 month hiatus, I’m excited to process my work, my explorations and my thoughts online again. Last month, I met with my Mosaic friends in the No More Empty Pots administration office to start cleaning seeds we’d harvested from our Pop-Up garden downtown last fall.

None of us, Devin or Julie or myself had ever cleaned seeds from harvested plants so we had to figure it out. Like other 30-somethings, Devin suggested checking YouTube and we found exactly what we needed. She figured it out. Each of us started using our own method of cleaning seeds from the seed heads. We decided that the final step of cleaning the seeds would require a strainer to sift the seeds.

As we worked, Devin asked me how my foot was feeling. Like a shot to my heart, I was instantly reminded of the reason why working with my Mosaic friends resonates deeply. It’s about building relationships. It’s about caring what happens in each other’s lives. It’s about hearing people that are usually voiceless in the neuro-typical world where we live

As I design my 2021 vision, I want to find ways for my Mosaic friends to connect in meaningful ways in our Food Hub and food growing spaces, but also in other businesses. Friends like Devin care about people, work and connecting. Finding other opportunities like this is my priority for 2021. Onward and upward!