This is so stunningly well-written. I can feel the tension and the love. I lived in Cody, WY for a few years as a child and I’ve been so nervous to go back and visit but feel like I need to. This piece helps me want to think about that part of my life and our country again!
Loved the Steindl-Rast quote, and well as the boring socks, and, well, just about everything else. So many good points about people wanting to keep what they think is their's and not think about working together.
Antonia, thank you for bringing this situation and its attending historical, political, economic and social complications to my attention. You do this thoughtfully and carefully. Too often our instincts are to frame "sides" and choose our idea of who best fits the roles of good and evil. It's rarely that clean cut. I appreciate the way you have brought the varied perspectives into conversation with each other.
There is a book called Billionaire Wilderness by Justin Farrell that touches on some of your ideas. It's about Wyoming instead, but it's similar. A big chunk is about the people donating the land and their reasoning through interviews. I'm only half way through it and it's blowing my mind, maybe check it out if you haven't.
This is so stunningly well-written. I can feel the tension and the love. I lived in Cody, WY for a few years as a child and I’ve been so nervous to go back and visit but feel like I need to. This piece helps me want to think about that part of my life and our country again!
Loved the Steindl-Rast quote, and well as the boring socks, and, well, just about everything else. So many good points about people wanting to keep what they think is their's and not think about working together.
Antonia, thank you for bringing this situation and its attending historical, political, economic and social complications to my attention. You do this thoughtfully and carefully. Too often our instincts are to frame "sides" and choose our idea of who best fits the roles of good and evil. It's rarely that clean cut. I appreciate the way you have brought the varied perspectives into conversation with each other.
There is a book called Billionaire Wilderness by Justin Farrell that touches on some of your ideas. It's about Wyoming instead, but it's similar. A big chunk is about the people donating the land and their reasoning through interviews. I'm only half way through it and it's blowing my mind, maybe check it out if you haven't.