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Some art begins with a moment so ordinary it almost slips by… until it doesn’t. For Julie Anderson, inspiration arrived one evening while looking at a beloved tree she sees often along the shores of Lummi Island...familiar, grounding, and always present. But on this particular night, something shifted. The sky lit up with soft pink clouds at sunset, and in that pairing of tree and sky, it was magical. A photograph was born, but more than that, a sense of awe was captured. Julie’s work is...

Gratitude is more than a simple “thank you.” It is a shared sense of appreciation for benefits received and experiences lived together.

By Kellie Shepherd Moeller For generations, we’ve bought into a quiet story about aging. It goes something like this: “As the years pass, our bodies slow down, our minds dim. Loss and decline is simply part of the deal.” But what if that story isn’t just incomplete… what if it’s wrong? A recent study, “ Aging Redefined: Cognitive and Physical Improvement with Positive Age Beliefs ,” challenges this deeply held assumption in a powerful way. Researchers found that nearly 45% of adults aged...