"Yes, but what if the planet and our systems all fall apart and there’s no point to any of this anyway?"
I think, maybe, because we (over the last two decades) have so much more access to the world at large than we ever have as humans, we are reaching a sort of limit to what we can be emotionally invested in. The challenges of our generation, but really the future generations, are going to be unlike anything mankind has ever reckoned with. Global in scale and, eventually, unavoidably so.
I don't know if we as creatures will be able to mentally reprogram. I know I can't, it's too late for me. It's overwhelming. I see all the problems the planet is facing and I know there's very little I can do individually; reprogramming myself is pointless. But future generations, growing up in a different world, may not feel this way.
Feels like the balance is somewhere between "life is short, eat the damn chili dog" and "dude, you gotta eat something other than chili dogs", right?
I'm passing this along to my sons. Thank you for your clear writing and gallows humor. It's sustaining.
More salt! The general rule is 3-5% by weight, so if your kraut is failing, I'd up the salt. And maybe pound it more?
As for the rest. Yes. All of this.
"Yes, but what if the planet and our systems all fall apart and there’s no point to any of this anyway?"
I think, maybe, because we (over the last two decades) have so much more access to the world at large than we ever have as humans, we are reaching a sort of limit to what we can be emotionally invested in. The challenges of our generation, but really the future generations, are going to be unlike anything mankind has ever reckoned with. Global in scale and, eventually, unavoidably so.
I don't know if we as creatures will be able to mentally reprogram. I know I can't, it's too late for me. It's overwhelming. I see all the problems the planet is facing and I know there's very little I can do individually; reprogramming myself is pointless. But future generations, growing up in a different world, may not feel this way.
Still true: I would read a regular column with this title! The one about thistles and knapweed will be widely shared because YOU ARE NOT ALONE.
Thank you, Nia. I also listened to Katharine Norbury on Scotland Outdoors! Her book will be available in the State come October.