Wow. A brilliant essay. Thank you. This reminds me of the books, Braiding Sweetgrass and the Arrogant Ape. I am a long time gardener and do my best to respect the land. What saddens me is that we now have a regime that only sees the short term, that the earth is here for us to exploit. Think about what is happening to the Forest Service for example. Then we a war sending a load of pollution into the world as well as using up large amounts of fossil fuel. Nothing is sacred to these people except power and money.
Even Mother needs to be loved.Structure builds comfort.Misbehaving means something is not comfortable. Balances are keys. The warnings be they subtle still talk, our ancestors saying , “clean up your act”
Great article and much needed. My younger self didn’t think about what we were doing to our environment. As I got older, had children and grandchildren, I’ve become more aware of our limited resources and the damage we are inflicting to our ecosystems, land and water and the need to “correct the course”. We can do our share for preservation but as you said Shanley, it will take more than our individual efforts. I hope that our country and others on this planet can acknowledge and take measures to mitigate damage to our environment.
You captured and shared what is happening to our planet. My grandchildren love the outdoors so much. It saddens me to think of them losing it. We definitely have the
responsibility of teaching them how to preserve earth.
Thank you for using your remarkable gift of fine writing to contribute to making our precious planet whole again (as far as that's still possible....).
Thank you Shanley. This reads like poetry yet the message is so much more than that. It speaks to love of nature and like any love, nature abhors violence. Yes, it is happening around us and until you get to old age, you can't even see it happening. I used to see the milky way clearly on almost any evening. The stars spilled out of it and created actual individuals which created a whole different realm the closer to earth it came. Kids today don't see that and will never know that it existed. So yes, thank you for reminding me what children see and writing it down so that they may know what we have lost already in exchange for a close up in a space ship. It will be their choice, as it once was ours.
Wow. A brilliant essay. Thank you. This reminds me of the books, Braiding Sweetgrass and the Arrogant Ape. I am a long time gardener and do my best to respect the land. What saddens me is that we now have a regime that only sees the short term, that the earth is here for us to exploit. Think about what is happening to the Forest Service for example. Then we a war sending a load of pollution into the world as well as using up large amounts of fossil fuel. Nothing is sacred to these people except power and money.
Lovely article! Thank you.
Even Mother needs to be loved.Structure builds comfort.Misbehaving means something is not comfortable. Balances are keys. The warnings be they subtle still talk, our ancestors saying , “clean up your act”
Brilliant.
Thank you for this.
Thank you.
Great article and much needed. My younger self didn’t think about what we were doing to our environment. As I got older, had children and grandchildren, I’ve become more aware of our limited resources and the damage we are inflicting to our ecosystems, land and water and the need to “correct the course”. We can do our share for preservation but as you said Shanley, it will take more than our individual efforts. I hope that our country and others on this planet can acknowledge and take measures to mitigate damage to our environment.
You captured and shared what is happening to our planet. My grandchildren love the outdoors so much. It saddens me to think of them losing it. We definitely have the
responsibility of teaching them how to preserve earth.
Thank you for using your remarkable gift of fine writing to contribute to making our precious planet whole again (as far as that's still possible....).
Thank you Shanley. This reads like poetry yet the message is so much more than that. It speaks to love of nature and like any love, nature abhors violence. Yes, it is happening around us and until you get to old age, you can't even see it happening. I used to see the milky way clearly on almost any evening. The stars spilled out of it and created actual individuals which created a whole different realm the closer to earth it came. Kids today don't see that and will never know that it existed. So yes, thank you for reminding me what children see and writing it down so that they may know what we have lost already in exchange for a close up in a space ship. It will be their choice, as it once was ours.
I couldn't love this more. Thank you Shanley.