A Life of Wonder

There’s a place in Portugal, a small village by the sea, where everyone who comes feels at home.

Travelers come for grandmothers. The famous, kind grandmothers who teacher these travelers how to cook their sacred recipes, while learning the anecdotes which give the food as much flavor as the spices.

Grandmothers come for the travelers, who ask questions that make them feel youthful and honor them with the exquisite attention they pay to their every word and gesture.

Children come for the grandmothers, their daycare is connected to the senior center. They come to play and laugh with the grandmothers who also love to play and laugh.

Every time I hear the words ‘community’ or ‘ecosystem’ I think back this small village in Portugal, where all have a purpose and nothing is wasted.