Here's the story behind that table in the middle of a Santa Barbara olive grove.
I’m sitting at a table in the middle of an olive grove in Goleta, a town near Santa Barbara on California’s, surrounded by 11 strangers. We’re wrapped in scarves and blankets to ward off the early spring chill, but the olive trees are already in bloom. Every time the wind blows, a cascade of tiny white blossoms rains down on the table.
“I am not a mental health professional, and this is not therapy,” Chapman says, “nor is this the intention. The goal is to share our unique history and our unique experiences.” “I wanted to bring back the art of the conversation,” Chapman says. “There’s just been so much polarization that was already occurring, and then COVID exacerbated it.”
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