tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34011427.post7380049368001303717..comments2024-03-26T07:00:11.620-05:00Comments on Wisdom of the Hands: something one might vehemently dislikeDoug Stowehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13003845322415622289noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34011427.post-89345531276588909992014-03-12T05:17:57.204-05:002014-03-12T05:17:57.204-05:00I have traveled through 47 of the 50 states, and h...I have traveled through 47 of the 50 states, and have found something beautiful in the natural environment of all of them. From the huge open spaces of the prairies to the dry Southwest deserts, the wet forests of the Northwest and even my home next to Lake Erie, natural beauty is there. I have my favorite places, but can also appreciate what I see. What humans have done with it is a whole different story, and often a sad one. Keep fighting to save your small corner of the world, Doug.<br /><br />Mario<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01862581793109521180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34011427.post-34000493676275916502014-03-09T11:31:42.471-05:002014-03-09T11:31:42.471-05:00I think I'm with you on this one! I grew up ...I think I'm with you on this one! I grew up and spent most of my life in Washington state, and was never particularly impressed with other parts of the country I'd visited. I always found it amazing that people choose to stay in "boring" places when there are so many nice places they could live in. I think for so many it's as if the only thing that matters is the artificial world, in which case a place like Houston is much like any other. Few have any connection to the natural (real!) world anymore, and thus consider it nothing more than a curiosity, if that. I strongly suspect that this is exactly why so many are willing to allow the natural world to be trashed, as this author succinctly put it http://www.resilience.org/stories/2014-03-04/a-medical-missionary-s-environmental-epiphanyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com