Many are afraid now.
Do not demonize your fear, and also, do not let it rule you.
Instead, let it speak to you—in your stillness, listen for its wisdom.
What might it be telling you about what is at work, at issue, at risk,                  
beyond the threats of personal inconvenience and illness?
As the health of a tree, a river, the sky tells you about quality of your own health,
what might the quality of your health tell you about the health of the rivers, the trees, the sky,
and all of us who share this planet with you?

Local craftsmen for Lowcountry Habitat for Humanity create beautiful, handcrafted furniture for a good cause

 By Mindy Lucas

Think you have to go to Charleston or High Point, N.C., for beautifully made, handcrafted outdoorfurniture? Think again.

A group of local craftsmen and women are turning out porch and patio pieces that are quickly becoming the envy of backyards and porches everywhere. Andthe best part of all? It’s for a good cause.

Called the Beaufort Collection, the furniture line is made exclusively by volunteers for LowCountry Habitat for Humanity.

Of course we know how fortunate we are. We are an already-retired, retiring couple, generally in good health, living in a comfortable home. We have sufficient income, nine mega-rolls of toilet paper and a portable bidet on the way. We live where we are able, without much difficulty, to take walks six feet away from neighbors we had already been avoiding.