We celebrated Chewonki Homecoming Day last Saturday, the first time we’ve been able to hold such an event since 2019, and it was wonderful to see so many alumni & friends, old and new, return to the Neck for a beautiful fall day.  It was also the perfect day to celebrate our friend and colleague, Greg Shute, Director of Northern and Coastal Properties, who will be retiring soon after forty-one years of amazing service to Chewonki. I would like to share a few reflections of our time working together. I first met Greg 10 years ago. He helped me, essentially a stranger to him at that time, navigate a difficult work situation – showing up to offer his experience, strength, and hope. I was and still am profoundly grateful for his time and his generosity. He showed me the importance of meeting uncertainty and concern with a calm, non-anxious presence. Where he could have expressed sharp criticism or walked away, instead he sat and talked me through each next step helping me get through a challenging circumstance, to solution and repair. When I resigned from that position Greg called me and asked if I would come to Chewonki for a