Moments of connection with nature can happen anywhere—on mountaintop vistas, along mossy woodland paths and stream banks, or within the quiet comfort of a patio sanctuary. This issue’s cover features a waterlily from my father’s serene backyard pond, a peaceful haven for fish and frogs. Both of us are drawn to the healing embrace of the great outdoors, finding joy in creating, tending and simply being in the beauty that surrounds us.

-Kendra Campbell, Co-publisher