"... for are we not Nature, too?" This is my favourite line in this lovely essay, Carly. It is all too easy in this world of concrete and metal that we've made to forget that we are neither, but come from the earth as well, and to the earth we will return. Dust to dust, as it were.
And yet, to live and breathe and look on this good earth, and know it so, and long to love it ... to desire such a life as you and I might pine for, is that not a mark of something divine also? What is it that causes the ear to hear the groan of the land, and the heart to groan with it?
There is a place not far from me called Ohme Gardens. It was a rough and craggy mountain with no trees and now it's a lush, green park. A couple bought 40 acres in 1929 and proceeded to plant trees and dig holes that would become ponds. They lugged rock up the steep mountainside and, later, their kids helped, too. It's beautiful. Our land looks like their land did before they started! Anyway, their story inspired me and maybe it will inspire you, too: https://www.ohmegardens.org/thegardens/pages/the-history-of-ohme-gardens
That does sound beautiful and inspiring! I'm having trouble accessing that website atm but I will try again later, thanks so much for sharing it with me.
"... for are we not Nature, too?" This is my favourite line in this lovely essay, Carly. It is all too easy in this world of concrete and metal that we've made to forget that we are neither, but come from the earth as well, and to the earth we will return. Dust to dust, as it were.
And yet, to live and breathe and look on this good earth, and know it so, and long to love it ... to desire such a life as you and I might pine for, is that not a mark of something divine also? What is it that causes the ear to hear the groan of the land, and the heart to groan with it?
Thank you, Joel. A mark of something divine also, yes.
There is a place not far from me called Ohme Gardens. It was a rough and craggy mountain with no trees and now it's a lush, green park. A couple bought 40 acres in 1929 and proceeded to plant trees and dig holes that would become ponds. They lugged rock up the steep mountainside and, later, their kids helped, too. It's beautiful. Our land looks like their land did before they started! Anyway, their story inspired me and maybe it will inspire you, too: https://www.ohmegardens.org/thegardens/pages/the-history-of-ohme-gardens
That does sound beautiful and inspiring! I'm having trouble accessing that website atm but I will try again later, thanks so much for sharing it with me.