in this year’s DINE, we bring in a few voices of our neighbors who have been through some times where they weren’t just cutting back on eating out but found it hard even to gather enough for the next meal. In a rich, abundant region like the Bay Area, it is shocking to realize how near that place is to us, either for the people next door or for our own families. So, please, enjoy this season: eat, drink, and celebrate, but also let’s be more than “mindful.” Let’s be “actionable” to the needs of those around us. Because thankfulness and gratitude, like all of the great things in this world—love, mercy, justice, charity, and kindness—are not nor were ever meant to be reserved for a particular income bracket; they are the menu of the true table in which everyone is welcome to DINE.
Enjoy.
Daniel Garcia
THE CULTIVATOR