Dear Readers and Residents of Darien,
Is there anything as uplifting as spring? Well, many things probably but certainly the color and life of this great season rank high. What’s interesting is that it all starts stripped, unfolding, progressing until it bursts with such beauty and possibility. Community is like that—one becomes two, then three then the glue that holds all sorts of things together.
As this issue developed, the resounding theme echoing through each article was community and the many positives we can create when we have it. From the incredible bonds the Women of the Darien Community Association Greenhouse have built through the affinity they share, as described in this month’s cover story, to the power of opening up to those around you when it comes to finding mental strength playing (and coaching!) high profile sports, as shared by Darien High School Girls Lacrosse Coach Lisa Lindley in our Q&A with her in this month’s Mind Set column, it’s a mighty thing we have at our fingertips – the community we find.
Cherry tree on Sylvan Road / / photo by: Bambi Riegel | riegelpictureworks.com
Long time Darien resident Carole Claps would most heartily agree. (Find out why in her Art Show column this month.) …As would the seniors in Darien served by At Home in Darien, and the people helping provide those services (as you’ll see in this month’s Giving Back column.)
It’s moving, inspiring and a fitting thing to celebrate in this month of moms, so often the architects of the community in our lives. So as we welcome spring and give thanks for the moms among us, let us be grateful too for all that brings us together, and the people who make it so.
There’s all this and more in the pages ahead, a magazine for Darien, by Darien, and we thank the advertisers who make it possible for us to produce it for you. …And props to the Women of the DCA Greenhouse for their annual plant sale earlier this month!
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Pamela Dey Vossler Editor-in-Chief
Carl Trautmann Founder & Publisher
