MEMORIAL DAY
Looking ahead to the long weekend, with no holiday travel planned, my mind turns to the never-ending list of chores. After all the rains this past winter (and the brush clearance notice in the mail), weeding, weeding and weeding number 1, 2 and 3 on the list. Not that there aren’t plenty of other tasks—when you live in a 96-year-old house, there’s always a long list—but none carry the threat of a $700+ fine if I don’t complete them ASAP.
Which makes me think of the long list of all that we should be doing to shore up our very existence on this planet. Electrify everything without burning fossil fuels. Protect the million species facing extinction. Clean up the air we breathe. And more. Sure, sure, we need to do those things, and yet we seem to lack the urgency you’d expect when facing such devastating prognoses for our environment. I wish I could levy a hefty citation on every person in a decision-making position who. . . isn’t making the decisions we need to ensure our survival.
It’s been a cool, gray, misty May here in Southern California and my thoughts have been cool and gray as well. So how about some good news for us all? I toured the construction site of the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing across the TEN lanes of the 101 Ventura Freeway. More on that below (see Essential Eco-Therapy), but suffice to say it gives me hope for humanity.
How will you honor our dearly (and nearly) departed this Memorial Day weekend? Let me know.
❤️🌎
PS Tours are free and well worth your time! See Cougar Conservancy to book a tour. Do it soon because the tours may be halted in the hottest months. Or check out the construction progress on the live webcam.
