Hello— I have been away and working on a class for the past week (I’m rusty at teaching, to say the least), yet I have been saving some favorite reads since I last posted—so enjoy a longer commonplacing post this week, with more to come soon.
Thank you for sharing so many great links and that lovely poem. And thank you too for the kind mention. Good luck with the teaching! I know how it feels to be classroom rusty.
Thank you for sharing so many great links and that lovely poem. And thank you too for the kind mention. Good luck with the teaching! I know how it feels to be classroom rusty.
I lived in New Jersey for 25 years, most of it in the central part of the state, but just below the Raritan River, which made me a "piney" to anyone from north of there. The Jersey Devil was out Sasquatch.
In Edison, just north of the same river, I remember when a 36-inch gas pipeline exploded, as they do: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edison,_New_Jersey_natural_gas_explosion. "The cause of this breakage was given by the NTSB as mechanical damage caused by a backhoe that gouged out 1/4” of steel off the pipe. This was the result of an insurance situation where the owner of a personal vehicle buried their truck to receive insurance monies."
So powerful--really heartbreaking but very very needed. Insane that we live so divorced from the land, how intent some are to destroy the lands that give us life.
All the best for the class Freya! Also thank you for the picture of the flowers 💜
Thank you dearest. 💜🙏🧚🏼
Thank you for sharing so many great links and that lovely poem. And thank you too for the kind mention. Good luck with the teaching! I know how it feels to be classroom rusty.
Thanks so much Jeffrey--so happy to share your great account of that exhibition! 💜
Thank you for sharing so many great links and that lovely poem. And thank you too for the kind mention. Good luck with the teaching! I know how it feels to be classroom rusty.
Thank you so much for the shout out!
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Lovely, thank you, Freya.
PS: The poem reminds of "viriditas" the greening life force, Hildegard of Bingen describes in her writings.
I love that--I agree, although I had forgotten about the green life force in von Bingen, but that is so true! 💚
Thank you, Freya!
I lived in New Jersey for 25 years, most of it in the central part of the state, but just below the Raritan River, which made me a "piney" to anyone from north of there. The Jersey Devil was out Sasquatch.
In Edison, just north of the same river, I remember when a 36-inch gas pipeline exploded, as they do: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edison,_New_Jersey_natural_gas_explosion. "The cause of this breakage was given by the NTSB as mechanical damage caused by a backhoe that gouged out 1/4” of steel off the pipe. This was the result of an insurance situation where the owner of a personal vehicle buried their truck to receive insurance monies."
Oh, Jersey.
Time to move on from fossil fuels.
So interesting about the Jersey Devil. And oof, yes to moving on from digging up the earth for oil!
Thank you for these links! 😍 Can’t wait to dig in this weekend.
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That land loneliness essay was powerful, wasn’t it?
Good luck on the class!
So powerful--really heartbreaking but very very needed. Insane that we live so divorced from the land, how intent some are to destroy the lands that give us life.