What a beautiful sentiment, Erin. Your perspective always reminds me of the ways we can entwine with our surroundings and slow down to notice the beauty in what is already here and what beauty could be uncovered if we were to take a beat and really define our COMMUNITY'S priorities instead of defaulting to the values of the capitalistic machine that propels most initiatives forward.
Reading The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green at the moment and feel that it might be right up your alley. He writes beautifully about such heavy topics…it’s cathartic. Not overly pessimistic. In fact, quite balanced.
"Then we grow wise and work to repair what we’ve failed to prevent, while turning a blind eye to the next disaster of our own making."
Oof this is such a good synopsis of humanity, both maddening short sightedness and our ability to repair. (That comment and the lovely poppies-- making me think of Palestine too, of course.)
Unfortunately, the plastic turf presents its own health hazards (https://www.momscleanairforce.org/artificial-turf-toxic/_). And, yes, the stuff: All we can do is continue to speak up about the harm its doing to everyone's health at every stage of its production and decay. Great post!
Artificial turf is responsible for serious injuries, not only to professional athletes, but to the children who play on those fields! And who knows what kind of long term hazards are being exposed…
Warehouse spread is happening everywhere. I use to live out in farm country…corn, soybeans, and other alternating crops. On my last drive out there it had all been taken over by acres of warehouses.
No windows, no natural ventilation, just solid concrete walls. (Waiting to pick my mouth up off the ground.)
Great post! I've already shared with a few people. Informative history lesson as well. I love the field of wildflowers and also wonder who's responsible? Some warehouses would be needed or we'd be naive, but if they are just more of the glut of stuff we don't need it's pretty sad. In my area, another amazon warehouse has sprung up (though we fought hard against it) though they did try to somewhat beautify the fields around it I wonder how long it can last. And even though it's a couple miles away from my house, I can hear the whines of the trucks on some (used to be) quite mornings. No amount of "stuff" can replace the things I treasure more.
Now I desperately want to know who was responsible for these planting these pretty flowers! Wish the Parks Dept was doing this next to our playing fields too--maybe it was a private entity?
What a beautiful sentiment, Erin. Your perspective always reminds me of the ways we can entwine with our surroundings and slow down to notice the beauty in what is already here and what beauty could be uncovered if we were to take a beat and really define our COMMUNITY'S priorities instead of defaulting to the values of the capitalistic machine that propels most initiatives forward.
Just did a re-read (listening this time) to braiding sweet grass, by Robin wall kimmerer. Much of the same message. ❤️🩹❤️🩹
my reread was also a listen. better every time i read it.
Reading The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green at the moment and feel that it might be right up your alley. He writes beautifully about such heavy topics…it’s cathartic. Not overly pessimistic. In fact, quite balanced.
"Then we grow wise and work to repair what we’ve failed to prevent, while turning a blind eye to the next disaster of our own making."
Oof this is such a good synopsis of humanity, both maddening short sightedness and our ability to repair. (That comment and the lovely poppies-- making me think of Palestine too, of course.)
❤️ Lovely as always.
yes, exactly.
Unfortunately, the plastic turf presents its own health hazards (https://www.momscleanairforce.org/artificial-turf-toxic/_). And, yes, the stuff: All we can do is continue to speak up about the harm its doing to everyone's health at every stage of its production and decay. Great post!
No doubt.
Artificial turf is responsible for serious injuries, not only to professional athletes, but to the children who play on those fields! And who knows what kind of long term hazards are being exposed…
Warehouse spread is happening everywhere. I use to live out in farm country…corn, soybeans, and other alternating crops. On my last drive out there it had all been taken over by acres of warehouses.
No windows, no natural ventilation, just solid concrete walls. (Waiting to pick my mouth up off the ground.)
Your writing is gorgeous every time. *sob*
Great post! I've already shared with a few people. Informative history lesson as well. I love the field of wildflowers and also wonder who's responsible? Some warehouses would be needed or we'd be naive, but if they are just more of the glut of stuff we don't need it's pretty sad. In my area, another amazon warehouse has sprung up (though we fought hard against it) though they did try to somewhat beautify the fields around it I wonder how long it can last. And even though it's a couple miles away from my house, I can hear the whines of the trucks on some (used to be) quite mornings. No amount of "stuff" can replace the things I treasure more.
Now I desperately want to know who was responsible for these planting these pretty flowers! Wish the Parks Dept was doing this next to our playing fields too--maybe it was a private entity?
Tried to do some sleuthing but couldn’t find details. Fully a Parks Dept property so think it must have been them!