Good eeeeevening, Daisy readers! I just got back from Montreal, and I'd like to say that I'm feeling fresh as a green daisy, but well... that'd be a fib. So! It's the perfect opportunity to blob out on the couch with my cup of (green!) tea, and put up another fine piece of writing that I've been dying to post.
A bit of background story: it occurred to me not long ago, that I didn't know the name of my postman. The guy who brings me envelopes full of crucial pieces of paper - bills, notices, records, statements, birthday cards for cryin' out loud - trudging through all kinds of weather every day to deliver these things safely to my very doorstep... and I'd never even said hello to him. I'd seem him from the window, so you could say that I knew his face but not his name, and that he knew my name, but not my face. Weird. Anyways, while pondering that, I thought of a neat poster that usually hangs behind the counter at Arbour Environmental called "How To Build Community," something I'd glanced over a million times in the lulls between chatting people up about composters and drawing creative 'sale' signs. I've seen them for sale at Ten Thousand Villages not too long ago, too. It's very truthy, (what? Spellcheck tells me that 'truthy' isn't a word?! Hahaha) and I'd like to post it up here.

Without further ado....

How To Build
COMMUNITY

Turn Off Your TV

Leave Your House

Know Your Neighbors

Look Up When You Are Walking

Greet People

Sit On Your Stoop

Plant Flowers

Use Your Library

Play Together

Buy From Local Merchants

Share What You Have

Help A Dog

Take Children to the Park

Garden Together

Support Neighborhood Schools

Fix It Even If You Didn't Break It

Have Pot Lucks

Honor Elders

Pick Up Litter

Read Stories Aloud

Dance In the Street

Talk to the Mail Carrier

Listen to the Birds

Put Up a Swing

Help Carry Something Heavy

Barter For Your Goods

Start a Tradition

Ask a Question

Hire Young People for Odd Jobs

Organize a Block Party

Bake Extra and Share

Ask For Help When You Need It

Open Your Shades

Sing Together

Share Your Skills

Take Back the Night

Turn Up the Music

Turn Down the Music

Listen Before You React To Anger

Mediate a Conflict

Seek To Understand

Learn From New and
Uncomfortable Angles

Know that No One Is Silent
Though Many Are Not Heard
Work to Change This

Did you notice that part about the mail carrier? My rambles probably make a bit more sense now. Hope you hearted that. Stay tuned for much, much more, and thanks for daisying! (PS - don't forget to do my survey! Over there! To your right! Oh man... time for bed.)