October 29th, 2025, a cool and drizzly day, I met with a business lawyer in Kingston to file paperwork for my brand new LLC...

And nearly 7 months later I am sitting here typing to you to introduce Inspired Community Collective and all that I hope it will be. The form of the business changed quite a bit in these past six months and I’m ready for it to keep evolving as things work, don’t work, grow and change.

I feel the biggest enemy of community is scarcity of time. So many people feel they must be self-sufficient, juggling all things all the time and hesitant to ask for help - we lack the space for connection. If Inspired Community Collective can ease some stress by sharing a couple of recipes for the week or by shopping for and putting together some ready to make meal kits — that’s awesome. If you’d let me suggest that you and a friend prepare your meal kits together, maybe while your kids are hanging out playing quietly (haha) in the next room, that’s even better. And it could be the start of stronger community.

If you have been hesitating on expanding your repertoire in the kitchen because you need more confidence on the basics, let’s work on that. If you need to add to your skills in order to tackle more complicated dishes, we can work on that also.

Community activities are also high on my wish list. Perhaps to start - a monthly community meal. At first I was thinking to cater the whole shebang myself, and while I’d still find that fun... I’m think it's a better idea to alleviate a bit of my own load and just organize the thing - place, time, theme, who’s bringing what, maybe add some entertainment and then whoever is interested, can come and bring a dish, or some music or… we’ll figure it out.

Stick with me.