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Recently, I was working in our garden, gathering the last offerings of the 2011 season and preparing the ground for next year’s plantings. This was a hard year, unusually wet where we live, and we planted the garden in a new location. Now we have to think about next year: what plant varieties to try, whether to change our gardening habits, and what to do with that one section that’s (figuratively) ‘gone to pot.’In some ways, we’re in a season of change at the national level in early childhood. Some things are wrapping up while some developments aim to prepare our ‘field’ for improvements in the next year and beyond, just as a garden plot is readied for the next planting season. Change is in the air, and there’s hope of renewal, but what changes and how much renewal aren’t a given. We’ll all need to think smart and work hard to prepare for the future.
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