Anaiis Salles

Today, as everyday, I am being mindful of gratitude, what I have to be grateful for. Basil. My tiny vegetable garden and the beautiful healthy patch of basil growing. Three different varieties. Checking on my garden this afternoon, I saw a baby rabbit scampered across the garden's planted rows, under the wooden fence and into the lot behind my home. This adorable bunny I've now seen twice, hasn't gone after anything I've planted. Here's the plant mix in case you're curious: Eggplant, pumpkin, watermelon, sweet peppers, mystery plants from my grandchildren, four varieties of tomatoes, basil, and green peppers. No lettuce, spinach, or other leafy green -- so the bunny may be a little frustrated.

Working on a new and very exciting project, I look forward each day to some sign of a healthy response to the concept. Thanks to a little grace, it's easier to remember that it's summer, people are enjoying the best weather we'll have all year, they are busy with their gardens, and walking their dogs, going on bicycle rides, and sharing lunch with friends as much as they are sitting at their desks in front of their computers. So, they haven't opened my email yet. Or they haven't decided on a potential meeting date.

Or colleagues are freaking out about the devastation following the oil spill and can't muster the grit to visualize a healthy, peaceful planet in which children are taught that their food comes from mother earth's diversity, dirt, and honey bees as much as from our farmers.