How to be a Gift Detective (in More Ways than One)!

I am the parent of two young adults. When it comes to gifts for them, there’s no detective work. I simply ask what they want. If the item(s), appropriately meet my budget and my ability to get them (which fortunately has never been an issue), then I proceed with getting the gifts. Done! For those (more…)

Thank you for the gifts!

A single daisy bloom

Hello, BEST community!    It’s Kim Thompson from BEST Communications and I want to tell you something.   Today, I celebrate my birthday. As I reflect on gratitude, one of the BEST gifts I have received is from you, the BEST community (really, each and every day)!   Thank you for the gift of community, (more…)

What is Forest Bathing?

Picture of forest and hills at sunrise. Text reads On Nature: I love the forest. It is a place where you can hear yourself better.

What is forest bathing? Perhaps it is a bath in a forest, literally? As amazing and interesting as that sounds, forest bathing is indeed different, but in amazing and interesting way, too. Forest bathing is the holistic experience of simply being in the forest. The activity and health practice was developed in Japan during the 1980’s and (more…)

A BEST World Community Bouquet!

A heart-shaped collage of many pictures of spring flowers in real life and in the virtual world of Second Life

BEST friends and supporters from all over the world (and virtual world) helped contribute to our first BEST World Community Bouquet to celebrate spring!  From the coasts of the United States, Canada, Sweden, to the virtual world of Second Life, and more, our BEST friends came together to share their favorite spring flowers from their (more…)