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Reaching and walking across the Mississippi Headwaters. I’ve now seen the very beginning and very end of the mighty Mississippi. Bucket list item achieved!

Me at the market for the headwaters of The Mississippi River.

Selfie of Beatrix and I in the middle of the Mississippi headwaters.

Picked both our cherry and serviceberry trees. We’ve managed to get about a third of what’s ready to be picked.

A split picture of cherries on the tree and two large bowls of cherries and serviceberries.

For the record, I don’t believe in management. I don’t believe one should have to manage people. I believe if you hire the right people, they don’t have to be managed — the work simply gets done. If you have people you have to manage, you should fire them and replace them with people you don’t.

An Important reminder at Hunter Gatherer 21C: We are never just ourselves.

We are ourselves plus the world we move through. A human being is not a sealed unit but a creature in constant exchange with its surroundings: light and dark, warmth and cold, soil underfoot, water, the company of others. Take the natural half of that exchange away and something in us quietly begins to fade.

It’s time to go outside and play.