tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192718134910479930.post7676625128745173400..comments2024-03-28T23:56:24.570+01:00Comments on Interim arrangements: Sabinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09015827501648296977noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192718134910479930.post-65353725360966547162021-02-20T01:10:52.834+01:002021-02-20T01:10:52.834+01:00we can only hope that this creates a sea change in...we can only hope that this creates a sea change in human behavior because if it doesn't it won't matter if covid or the next thing kills us because we are making the planet uninhabitable by human beings.ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192718134910479930.post-64020511385001049232021-02-19T01:23:52.173+01:002021-02-19T01:23:52.173+01:00I imagine it WILL be here forever. But I hope for ...I imagine it WILL be here forever. But I hope for effective treatments and permanent vaccines over time. I want you to see your grandchild. Colettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13929646037752189809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192718134910479930.post-49294627894486133562021-02-18T18:10:41.308+01:002021-02-18T18:10:41.308+01:00It will be interesting to see whether we can all a...It will be interesting to see whether we can all approach our lives with more balance moving forward. As I understand it coronaviruses are quite common and mutate relatively easily, so I don't think we'll ever be entirely rid of them. But then, they've always been around, so I'm hopeful that we reach a level of herd immunity with this one and then have a period of "normalcy" before the next dangerous mutation arises.Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192718134910479930.post-10227924833450334772021-02-18T18:07:51.754+01:002021-02-18T18:07:51.754+01:00Yes, you have summarized the situation we are in s...Yes, you have summarized the situation we are in so well. I don't think humans will rise to the occasion and summon the care and responsibility required to survive this. I am reminded of Gary Snyder's poem For The Children:<br /><br />The rising hills, the slopes,<br />of statistics<br />lie before us.<br />the steep climb<br />of everything, going up,<br />up, as we all<br />go down.<br /><br />In the next century<br />or the one beyond that,<br />they say,<br />are valleys, pastures,<br />we can meet there in peace<br />if we make it.<br /><br />To climb these coming crests<br />one word to you, to<br />you and your children:<br /><br />stay together<br />learn the flowers<br />go lightAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192718134910479930.post-52506990732293825442021-02-18T15:27:39.767+01:002021-02-18T15:27:39.767+01:00Care and responsibility are two things that humank...Care and responsibility are two things that humankind does not seem to be extremely good at. I agree with you- there will be no real end to this. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192718134910479930.post-58771468688712223712021-02-18T14:43:09.774+01:002021-02-18T14:43:09.774+01:00May enough of us grow to be responsible human bein...May enough of us grow to be responsible human beings to keep the delicate balance in nature. As I read the reflections of Barry Lopez in Horizon, this is in my mind and heart. <br /><br />Reading what you wrote about the pandemic, I suddenly remembered the illness that had become a fixture in the world of the future that Ursula K. Le Guin wrote about in her prescient book from the 1990s, Always Coming Home. <br /><br />I couldn't find any reference to that illness on Google but found this article:<br /><br />https://eclecticassemblage.com/2020/09/26/review-always-coming-home-by-ursula-le-guin-1985/<br /><br />"Le Guin has attempted to create a culture where the people have discovered the correct balance between nature and technology. People live in small communities, and are farmers, herders, weavers, potters. Most of this work is done by hand and on the surface it would appear that they are primitive. However we soon learn that they are familiar with electricity, computers, trains, and so on. They are literate and educated. They just don’t use these tools very often. It seems to me that she is trying to show that it is possible to find this balance. Many people refute arguments to preserve the environment by saying those who champion this cause want everyone to live in the stone age. Le Guin is indicating here her belief that a balance can be maintained." <br /><br />After I read Horizon, I'll be reading a book written by John Lewis -- Walking With The Wind and a biography of Octavia Butler -- https://www.angelcitypress.com/products/octb<br /><br />Looking for visions of survival against all odds in dynamic balance. No easy answers ever. <br /><br />amhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09212213177713917828noreply@blogger.com