No, you're not experiencing deja vue! This was "Second Nature": A New Kind of TV Show. That was then; this is now. Turns out, due to a bit of early dementia, I had forgotten that a friend here locally had a business called Second Nature and my TV show by the same name would have been utterly confusing.
So, it was back to the drawing board for the team. We agonized for weeks (as you can tell by the lack of progress since March 9) but today we finally decided on, (drum roll!) "Local Roots"! And that's all. And that's that! Kyle and I have toasted to the new name, I have purchased the new website and we are moving on!
Why "Local Roots"? Well, again, we like the play on words and the reference to what is right here in our "own backyard." Last night I attended a Green Drinks event on the Eastside (east of Seattle) and was chatting with a gal who is co-developing a green community at a local ski area. We talked about how they will get the bedding for their small inn at a local grower of sheep and their toiletries from a local manufacturer. I remarked how lucky we are that we have so much available to us right here in our own little "neck of the woods" and how much folks really are unaware of what's here that they don't have to purchase from across country...or the world. And "local" means local wherever you are. For us it's the Pacific Northwest, with an amazing bounty provided by an amazing local workforce. And that's what we want to celebrate. As far as the word "Roots," well...that can mean literal roots, as in plants that we eat or roots as in our heritage. We hope that our little show will address both and bring folks in touch with--and hopefully show them the value of--their Local Roots.
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