Maple Syrup: Taste of Wonder

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December 29, 2021 a project of ServiceSpace What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness? - John Steinbeck - Maple Syrup: Taste of Wonder "But sometime in February, just when we grew restless and a little weary from the lack of color all winter, from the scarves, boots, shovels, and crockpot stews, we'd feel the flurries of my favorite type of snow: a sugar snow, thick and heavy, hugging the base of the sugarbush--what a forest of sugar maples made for tapping is called--while keeping the roots cool enough that they don't start developing leaves just yet..." What follows is an excerpt from writer Aimee Nezhukumatathil's "Taste of Wonder" column. { read more } Be The Change Take a moment to reflect on what sweetens your own experience of literal or metaphorical winter? COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News 111 Trees Being Resilient During Coronavirus The Monkey and the River Three Methods for Working with Chaos Love in the Time of Coronavirus Krista Tippett on Hope Seven Lessons Learned from Leaves Peter Levine and Thomas Huebl: Healing Trauma & Spiritual Growth DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 242,893 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More