Welcome to another Monday, this is Free Range, our free chat which is free ranging 😜across mountains and prairies, highways and byways, sea and sky, streams and deserts (and whatever is going on in between)….
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Today is March 21, 2022, the U.N. International Day of Forests, a day to focus on forests — during this pandemic, I’m calling forests ”The earth’s masks” To continue, this planet needs a mask mandate 🙂 IOW, forests filter, absorb, house and signal — they are our planet’s masks, providing and protecting. (Resource: The UN )
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Naturally, there is a down side to International Day of the Forest — and just as naturally, that down side starts in the whacked out human head.
The Creepy Forest Syndrome — a condition which probably made days like today, the Day of Forests, necessary. We’re scared of the woods in this culture — who knows what’s in there? Mystery, darkness, snapping twigs? Oh no, I don’t think so. …
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How do too many humans roll? — we’re fearful, we know we’re a species that can disappear. We need the planet, we need each other. And what we depend on, we resent; what we resent we objectify; what we objectify, we exploit; what we exploit, we destroy, or we try to. Whether it’s a forest, a race, a gender, a species — at this rate, we probably need day set aside for just about everything. …
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(“We’re not trees, we’re ents!”) LOTR 2002, 2003….
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Robert Frost said O SO poetically, ”the woods are lovely, dark and deep. …” but I beg to differ, ”the woods are terrifying, dark and deep. … ” 😜
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What better way to start a week? A week is its own kind of forest, and while we hike through this one, I’m wondering what we’ll encounter step by step. … whatever it is, let’s talk about it— this is our NV open forum — what’s happening in your neck of the woods?