Who and What Will Define the Community of Jericho, VT in 2024?

Jericho, VT 2024 New Year Outlook 

"Of Creating Community. Our community is not static. Community needs to be developed, sought after, and nourished." - Bernie Paquette

“One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.” –William Shakespeare

From Greenpeace USA

"Being outdoors gives me all kinds of ideas. 

It's like being in the shower with clothes on." 

 - Bernie Paquette

With the holidays gone by and a new year started, what is there to celebrate if not LIFE itself in all its forms. Happy New Year. - Bernie

 Read about Clara in The 80-Year Condensed Life of Clara Bee Huginton. A VT Bumblebee Story by Bernie Paquette.

Read Six-Word Insect Memoirs by Bernie

Read Discovering Life in Jericho - 2023 by the Numbers

View Jericho, VT Sled Dogs Meet & Greet Photos

See the Community Center in Jericho 2024 Calendar offering (Jericho and Underhill, Vermont 2024. 

Read the 2023 New Year post

Read Your Backyard: More than a Playground. Chapter I: Making New Friends of Old Friends

Listen to 

(Warning: *Lyrics may contain curse words or language or art that are generally deemed sexual, violent, or offensive in nature).

• Yusuf / Cat Stevens – Where Do the Children Play
• * Lil Dicky - Earth
• * Michael Jackson - Earth Song
• Santana's Evil Ways song:  “You’ve got to change your evil ways.”
• Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi
• The Mutton Birds NATURE – COVER VERSION

More quotes 

Watching a Flycatcher or Dragonfly catch an insect while hovering in mid-air reminds me of how not-so-good I was in catching a softball and how much fun it was. - Bernie Paquette

As our known environment shrinks so does our breath of experience. Will nature become a treasure unseen? - Bernie Paquette

Ah, the sweet sound of not mowing the grass. - Bernie Paquette

Remember to leave habitat for wildlife 

and room for wildlife in your life.

This past year offered a bountiful bundle of new Jericho community constructs and traditions. 
  I look to 2024 to continue honored traditions if they pass the litmus test of our current values. Let us also be bold in releasing the traditions that no longer serve a valued purpose to the community or are causing harm to the community and planet.