Thank you for the compliments, friends! I love you, too, and am so buoyed up that you would read through my ranting and hear it. Saying your piece feels good, even if the wave of change seems far behind the curve. I also, you know, have been thinking in the days since I posted this, that it probably sounds pretty self-righteous, like since I don't buy bottled water I am not complicit in this environmental crisis. But obviously, I am partly screaming about it because it's got me trapped too! The system is rigged. Tyler and I once tried to get blizzards at Dairy Queen and we told the person we ordered from that we had brought our own spoons. We flashed them and smiled and apologized for being loons. When our blizzards showed up, the plastic spoons came too, because it's automatic. So sometimes you can't really do much to fight it, but all I can think to do is keep trying because it's so important. Here's something I am looking forward to, though: Robin Wall Kimmerer's new book! https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/nov/16/weve-become-distrustful-of-each-other-braiding-sweetgrass-author-robin-wall-kimmerer-on-trump-rural-america-and-resistance
Ah, and what a sweet breath that was. Our society of prairie dogs and geese is able to breathe a bit deeper, too, with your observant and loving eyes on it, with your deeply pierced hearts alongside it. Thank you both for writing and for consistently sharing your passions; thoughtful, easy ways of living; and awe. At least we will always have awe alongside heartbreak for the world. A simple sweetness amid the sour.
Thank you for the compliments, friends! I love you, too, and am so buoyed up that you would read through my ranting and hear it. Saying your piece feels good, even if the wave of change seems far behind the curve. I also, you know, have been thinking in the days since I posted this, that it probably sounds pretty self-righteous, like since I don't buy bottled water I am not complicit in this environmental crisis. But obviously, I am partly screaming about it because it's got me trapped too! The system is rigged. Tyler and I once tried to get blizzards at Dairy Queen and we told the person we ordered from that we had brought our own spoons. We flashed them and smiled and apologized for being loons. When our blizzards showed up, the plastic spoons came too, because it's automatic. So sometimes you can't really do much to fight it, but all I can think to do is keep trying because it's so important. Here's something I am looking forward to, though: Robin Wall Kimmerer's new book! https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/nov/16/weve-become-distrustful-of-each-other-braiding-sweetgrass-author-robin-wall-kimmerer-on-trump-rural-america-and-resistance
Wow. Not only are the sentiments in this beautiful, it is absolutely stunningly written, Rach. I love you guys and the society of prairie dogs.
Ah, and what a sweet breath that was. Our society of prairie dogs and geese is able to breathe a bit deeper, too, with your observant and loving eyes on it, with your deeply pierced hearts alongside it. Thank you both for writing and for consistently sharing your passions; thoughtful, easy ways of living; and awe. At least we will always have awe alongside heartbreak for the world. A simple sweetness amid the sour.
Excellent