sense of place

“A big value of mine is a sense of home and a sense of place and a sense of connection with what fulfills me,” she says.

You strike me as someone for whom a sense of place is crucial to your work.

“The plants are the easy part; they’re beautiful, they attract beneficial pollinators and they create a sense of place,” he said.

“We want you comfortable in a social setting — going to the bar and grabbing a drink and talking to your friends while enjoying a sense of place,” Poolman says.

If anything I’ve said about rootedness, a sense of place, or identity has an ounce of truth, Vance’s story and celebration of his rise out of dysfunction rejects that as a core value.