All day long, I was looking at faces from all over the country, people who had taken great pains to come to Bedlam Farm and share in our experiment, our search for creativity and meaning in our lives. They were all doing the same thing, of course, and we are a tribe, a mighty nation, an Army of Good.

I thanked Joan for coming so far to be with us, and she thanked me for inviting people in. The America I met Saturday was a warm and loving and compassionate people, they had many different ideas from me, but we were a community, we mattered to one another.