by Lillian Lake | | Farms, Food, Stop Trafficking
While vacationing, I took advantage of opportunities to interview restaurant owners, chefs, and the owner of the only tea plantation in America, Bigelow Classic Tea. America’s soil is not typically appropriate for tea growing. Since 1987, Bill Hall, in partnership...
by Lillian Lake | | Food, Stop Trafficking
Published in Franklin Journal I recently did a two and a half hour presentation on human trafficking. Usually, my presentations are shorter, but this was a special request. It’s an intense topic and quite involved. Both during and after, I appreciated the many...
by Lillian Lake | | Food, Spiritual, Stop Trafficking
Hanukkah, known as “festival of lights” begins this year at sunset Saturday, December 24, and goes through Sunday, January 1. It’s the first time since 1978 Hanukkah has begun the same night as Christmas Eve. What beautiful, combined, loving energy this can...
by Lillian Lake | | Food, Stop Trafficking
Thanksgiving has come and gone and into the Christmas season I go. Outside lights already adorn the eaves. Inside will soon sparkle with lights and glitter. Most days, the sky has taken on a wintry look. Only a faint dusting of snow adorns the cold, hard ground and...
by Lillian Lake | | Building Community, Food, Stop Trafficking
When I think of human trafficking victims, I think of our sharing the same heart. We share the same basic dream of living safely in a world full of abundant goodwill. Human traffickers steal those dreams, as they steal the people who dare to dream. It’s nearly...
by Lillian Lake | | Food, Stop Trafficking
First published in Franklin Journal Valentine’s Day is straight ahead. Valentine’s Day has never been on my top ten list of holidays, indeed, even less so as the years have passed. I’m one who enjoys expressions of love every day. I don’t need a particular day to take...
