Spring Virtual Socials 2020

The timebank's monthly Virtual Socials in April and May brought us into the kitchen and out into the garden.

In April, Tori Bourret hosted "Food with Friends" from her kitchen where she baked Vegan Apricot Squares. Three participants joined her in baking the squares in their own kitchens, using their jam of choice, while all participants chatted about vegan substitutes for ingredients in other dishes (e.g., chickpea water, a.k.a. aquafaba, in lieu of eggs). Baking together -- even virtually -- was great fun, and a few members had found possible exchange partners by the end of the social.

Vegan Apricot Squares

In May, Elise Stigliano hosted "Tend Your Garden; Tend Yourself" and spent part of the time in her garden demonstrating "zen weeding" and "mindful pruning." Most everything in the garden is both real and metaphor. How we approach our garden tasks reflects our current mindset and our approach to our own well-being. So a change to our approach is an opportunity to affect our well-being going forward. In one particularly resonant example, Elise showed how to get into a comfortable, meditative rhythm while weeding, and she talked about a choice we have: To focus, moment by moment, on the weeds -- or on all the wonderful possibilities of what else we could grow in the empty space that weeding creates.

“zen weeding and mindful pruning”

A big thank you to Tori and Elise!

Would you like to host a social for the timebank? There are plenty of other ways to help as well (organizing, writing, promotion, etc.), and members earn hours for the work they do for the timebank. Interested? Please write to silverspringtimebank@gmail.com to discuss how to share your time and talents with your timebank community.