By Sheri Wittmer Have you noticed that our produce departments are stocked full of fruits and vegetables that have traveled from faraway places to end up in our shopping carts? Consider tomatoes in the dead of winter, bearing that tiny sticker that says, “Mexico” or those summer oranges flown all the way from Chile. As…
By Sadie Hess, CEO Changing Seasons: Life remains in constant and continuous motion! Many of you are aware that Eric and I are also the owners of a scheduling software company called QuickSolvePlus. We believe it is time for us to UNITE our vision and focus. We started QSP because of our own…
By Cassandra Sales Last week, for the first time in quite a while, we were able to get together in a very small group and decorate the office. Being stationed in Siskiyou , that meant we got to decorate our new Yreka Office for Christmas for the first time. I would love to tell you…
By Aaron Zint There was once a newly married couple making a roast for dinner. As they were preparing the food, the wife went to put the roast in the pan, but before doing so, she cut six inches off the end. “Why did you do that?” asked the husband. “That’s how you make a…
By Sheri Wittmer How could something as invisible as this virus called COVID-19 bring so many immense changes to our lives in such a short amount of time? Yet here we are living our lives much differently than we were last year at this time. Is anyone else weary of hearing these words, “Finding the…
By Sadie Hess As I write this, I see a sepia sky outside my window. The whole atmosphere is an eerie orange color as fires rip apart the West Coast. They are calling this fire season unprecedented and historic: words currently losing all meaning! My sister-in-law recently graduated from UC Davis on a Zoom call. …
By Cassandra Sales “My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.” – Ruth Bader Ginsburg With the passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg this week, it has been a time of reflection, especially for women. Justice Ginsburg is the reason women can sign a lease…
Written by: Maddeline Thomas Zip-lining in Baguio, Philippines. Have to wear extra protection and bravery to get through expectations. My family is interracial; I am Filipino, Swiss, and Japanese. My dad is Swiss and Japanese. He had a simple upbringing and was not close to his family. My mom grew up in the Philippines, and…
By Sadie Hess We will tell our grandchildren about 2020. This has been a decade of events in a year. We have experienced a pandemic, financial upheaval, civil unrest….and it is only June! So many difficulties and trials and feelings. When we chose our theme for the year, 2020 Vision, we had no idea what…
Written by MADDELINE THOMAS Why is it hard to form relationships? People with disabilities experience social barriers because people without disabilities are scared to communicate with them. It starts when children with disabilities get pulled away from their peers. Children with and without disabilities do not know how to connect. The barrier continues when they…