I think that quote sums up how mankind has viewed our world. I hope that we as humans can do better and learn to live WITH nature, in a peaceful co-existence that benefits both.
Tell that to dengue fever, amoebic dysentery, gangrene, bushmaster snakes, poisonous millipedes, poisonous spiders, parasites that swim up your urinary pissing canal and lodge so tightly they have to be surgically removed.
I am a caretaker, tender and lover of many animals. It’s in my soul to be with them. Some I eat, others are just for my pleasure, but they all get the same love and care.
I love this. I was raised by vets in a small holding, and we also raised animals- goats for milk and sometimes meat. I sat all night with our labouring nanny, and helped to bottle feed kids, and also had friends and visitors express horror that we ate them. But I’m glad of the reality of it all. And the five been raised to step up when an animal is suffering, even if it means killing, which I hate.
Wow - this gave a new perspective with this approach Easter. I never had considered that Cain was the agrarian and more akin to a vegetarian. I think because I'm that well versed in the religion in which I was raised. You're giving me lots to chew on.
Sadly the price of "clean" is that children we will never know extract Cobalt in conditions that we wish to ignore. Did it have to be that way, does that have to persist? It will if we outsource our stewardship to a system that also seeks to eliminate our agency.
As a culture we have turned the concept of stewardship on it's head. You might be interested in my take on what losing the true definition of that term does to us.
PS: I spent six months in the Amazon in Belem and the jungle in 1990 working on a movie. Nature is not our friend:
"Nature, Mr. Allnut, is what we were put here to rise above." Rosie Sayer (African Queen).
I think that quote sums up how mankind has viewed our world. I hope that we as humans can do better and learn to live WITH nature, in a peaceful co-existence that benefits both.
Tell that to dengue fever, amoebic dysentery, gangrene, bushmaster snakes, poisonous millipedes, poisonous spiders, parasites that swim up your urinary pissing canal and lodge so tightly they have to be surgically removed.
An awesome piece of writing! Well done!
Great article. I admire farmers and ranchers. They do hard work and, as the song goes,
"The farmer worked all summer.
The farmer worked all fall.
But the interest on the mortgage,
Worked the hardest of them all."
Even as an atheist/agnostic this is very touching and real. Very well written. Should be read and understood by everyone in this country.
Thank you for writing this; it’s just beautiful.
Many do not understand the deep love we have for the animals we tend so they can nourish us in turn.
I am a caretaker, tender and lover of many animals. It’s in my soul to be with them. Some I eat, others are just for my pleasure, but they all get the same love and care.
Beautiful reminder of the truth of our humility before God- thank you!
I love this. I was raised by vets in a small holding, and we also raised animals- goats for milk and sometimes meat. I sat all night with our labouring nanny, and helped to bottle feed kids, and also had friends and visitors express horror that we ate them. But I’m glad of the reality of it all. And the five been raised to step up when an animal is suffering, even if it means killing, which I hate.
Thank you for this! So very well done.❤️
Outstanding! Well, done Keely!
Wow - this gave a new perspective with this approach Easter. I never had considered that Cain was the agrarian and more akin to a vegetarian. I think because I'm that well versed in the religion in which I was raised. You're giving me lots to chew on.
Sadly the price of "clean" is that children we will never know extract Cobalt in conditions that we wish to ignore. Did it have to be that way, does that have to persist? It will if we outsource our stewardship to a system that also seeks to eliminate our agency.
As a culture we have turned the concept of stewardship on it's head. You might be interested in my take on what losing the true definition of that term does to us.
https://culturalcourage.substack.com/p/do-we-no-longer-recognize-leadership