Resilience: How do we weather the cold and the storms? Walking along the Muddy River today, I saw a Great Blue Heron, Mallards, Black Ducks,Ring-necked Ducks, Canada Geese and a hawk. Most were hunkered down with their head pulled into their feathers. Some had companions close by. My own coat, hat and boots were all made with a combination of human created synthetics and protective layering of other animals (down feathers, wool, and leather). Without these, I probably couldn’t share this climate with the ducks and geese, and I wouldn’t have been out in the storm. What is the protective gear- physical, emotional and spiritual, and the behaviors that allow us to weather and even thrive in the storms that we pass through ?