On 12/10/2010 12:59 PM, Andrew Fildes wrote:
> I work strictly on the principle that mangrove swamps and tropical
> rainforests are wonderful environments - but not for humans - at all - ever.
Not my experience. I've visited both sorts of places, from cloud forest one
walks through in high boots to swamp only
accessible by boat to river rafting through trackless jungle (warm water!!). I
enjoyed it immensely and would certainly
not like to have missed it.
I wouldn't want to live in them, particularly the ones where nothing is ever,
ever quite dry, but the ones I was in are
certainly wonderful, fascinating places to visit. I don't know that I'll ever
travel only for rain forest in the future,
as there are so many other things yet to be seen, but would certainly go again
if nearby for other reasons.
Oops, ran out of time to mention I would be away from the list for a few days.
I thought I would at least check the list
at the little wi-fi hot spot. But, the retreat was so fully engaging that
neither cell phone nor computer was ever
turned on.
I was visiting temperate zone, coastal redwood rainforest. Like the various
terrestrial environments, there are many
kinds of human communities. This list in one I highly value. The one that has
formed around an annual communal singing
retreat a 100+ year old center in the coastal mountains among redwoods fulfills
other communal, emotional and spiritual
needs. In its third year, about 2/3 of us have been there all three. I can't
wait to sign up for next year.
Just as this list brings together people with certain commonalities, Singing
Through the Heart of Winter attracts people
with a different set of commonalities that's also deeply important to me.
Another indication of how focused I was on
community engagement and my own, related internal process - I took cameras, but
shot not a single image. Some things
can't be photographed.
Moose
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