The connectedness of all things, by Kristin Windbigler

<p>When Kristin Windbigler moves to rural Humboldt County, California, on her seventh birthday, she falls in love with the wild, green, and growing landscape, where independent living and mutual support go hand in hand. Her dream of being a journalist leads her to San Francisco, a tough adjustment as she wrestles with the caricatures of rural communities. It isn’t until she moves back home again that she realizes just how special her hometown is — a place where our differences fall away.</p><p>Listen to Waddie Mitchell’s episode of Meditative Story, "A cowboy’s rules for living": <a href="https://listen.meditativestory.com/WaddieMitchellWindbigler" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://listen.meditativestory.com/WaddieMitchellWindbigler</a></p><p>Read the transcript:&nbsp;<a href="https://meditativestory.com/mickey-guyton/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://meditativestory.com/</a></p><p>Sign up for the weekly Meditative Story newsletter:&nbsp;<a href="http://eepurl.com/gyDGgD" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://eepurl.com/gyDGgD</a></p><p>See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.</p>