This is a powerful piece. Thank you for linking -- there are so many layers to how we maintain integrity, how we do anything in a system that continually compromises it. That could be an endless conversation. I guess it is one. Thank you for being a strong, steadfast voice among it all, and reminding us that getting outside is never a bad choice.
So glad you're finding joy in the places where it can be found. :)
I was out in the Pines today on a Subaru trail ride. If we can't have snow I'll get out there anyway...
Thanks for the trip to the Pine Barrens. It's been a minute since I was there. I've biked, hiked, canoed, kayaked, camped, and got lost in there!
You're keeping good company here.
It ain't the pines until you get lost or need to get towed out of a washout! I've been meaning to kayak there. Once it gets warm again.
I should write up some of my Jersey stories. People here in the PNW are sure I'm making stuff up.
I'd certainly read them!
This is a powerful piece. Thank you for linking -- there are so many layers to how we maintain integrity, how we do anything in a system that continually compromises it. That could be an endless conversation. I guess it is one. Thank you for being a strong, steadfast voice among it all, and reminding us that getting outside is never a bad choice.
One of my favorite sci fi/fantasy writers, N.K. Jemisin, wrote a short story about Omelas, called “The Ones Who Stay and Fight.” Almost as chilling as the original. https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-ones-who-stay-and-fight/
In my novel The Boy from County Hell, there is a character who took a similar message from "Omelas" and made it his business to stay and fight.
Great stuff, Tom. I'm happy you're still finding joy writing here!