Earth is Good to Us

When I ask Mr. Menke (head of school) to send off our students for the expedition with some words of wisdom I have to admit I never quite know what I'm going to get. Will he lie on the floor? Whisper? Clap three times?

Today Mr. Menke sang us a song - a lovely song I knew from my camp days:

The earth is good to us.
And so we thank the earth.
For giving us the things we need:
The sun, the rain and the apple tree.
The earth is good to us.

Well I couldn't agree more - and we had both a little sun and rain today. The earth is good to us, and that is one of the things I hope our students will discover this week: an appreciation for the power and beauty of nature.

Here are some pictures I took as folks were getting ready and heading out.


I'm heading into the woods tonight to connect with a group and bring a student leader into their group late due to a pre-planned family engagement. More tonight!