How a farmer thinks
A random (I really don’t know how I was on this list) publication arrived in my inbox this morning from a publication called Barn Raiser. Here’s their tag-line: “Your independent source for rural and small town news”. The article that caught me was from a multi-generation farmer from Montana, and how corporate oligarchies and government…
Photographers weigh in on disrespecting nature
In my recent post on selfies and their destructive power, I called it an existential threat. I seriously intended it to be bi-directional threat – to humans and to nature (trees especially coming from the redwoods). A photographer publication, Photography, published an article last week focusing on Banff National Park (CA) and the threat to…
“Look at me!” – an existential threat
My recent experiences in the Redwoods further pushed some thinking from readings and observations about the existential threat of today’s humans seemingly irrational drive to attract attention to themselves. The “Look at me!” drive I am starting to name it. This human drive seems in today’s modern cultural mix as strong as that of hunger,…
Unintended consequences of good fences
Robert Frost wrote, “He says again, ‘Good fences make good neighbors.’” (Source) I wonder which fences and which neighbors he really meant. In an early post about Mark and Delia Owens’ experience in Botswana, the impact of fences on the wildebeest migrations were mentioned – a horrific consequence killing 10s of thousands of migrating animals….
One cost of eating meat
Trying to eat less and less meat seems like a great idea, right? Who can without remorse and regret eat an animal that was probably born, raised and killed for the sole purpose of being eaten. Sounds a bit amoral and just ethically incorrect, at least in my opinion. There are health reasons why one…