Kristin Schell
5 Days, 5 Ways 5 Simple Ways You Can Connect with a Neighbor This Week Have you ever thought about reaching out to meet your neighbors? You’ve had the best intentions, but never actually made it across the street to say hello? Yeah, me too. We know what to do, right? We just need encouragement and maybe a little accountability….
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Holidays are the perfect opportunity to gather friends and neighbors at the Turquoise Table. One of our favorite neighborhood holiday traditions is the annual Front Yard People Eggstravaganza. What’s an Eggstravaganza, you ask? A neighborhood egg decorating party. Hosting a neighborhood egg decorating party is simple. It’s a great way to meet new neighbors, too. Huge bonus, mamas. All the…
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Katha is a member of our Turquoise Table community and recently reached out to us with a story we want to share with you. While there’s not a place for a picnic table where she lives in Germany, Katha is creating community right where she lives. We loved her heart for gathering so much, we sent her a turquoise tablecloth! There’s…
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Heading down her street for a brisk evening walk, Melissa saw the elderly woman, a neighbor she’d never met. Melissa had been reading the book “Anything” by Jennie Allen, and was mulling one of Allen’s messages – Reach Out. She, her husband, Christopher, and their four children had recently moved to Belton, Texas, from their longtime home in North Carolina,…
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In their cozy office in Northwest Austin, Garland, Leigh, and BJ are accustomed to people approaching them, whether it’s for insurance queries or in search of a marriage and family therapist. Yet when BJ told them about the Turquoise Table movement, the officemates realized that this was their opportunity to approach others. The Turquoise Table in the Workplace Leigh, who…
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Missy first heard about the Turquoise Table from a good friend – one of those friends who is always “in the know,” sharing trends and tidbits, often punctuating her information with an “Oh you know, it’s the latest thing!” But it was a group of kindergarteners who showed Missy the true meaning of the Turquoise Table. Backing up a few…
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