In Week Five of Michael Dangler's DP Through the Wheel of the Year, we are asked to find a
nature spot and I have chosen my own property for that. However, to prevent myself from developing
tunnel vision, I have expanded my attention to cover areas that exist outside
my own property lines and in doing so, have made the commitment to do a weekly
(maybe more) litter patrol out on the many trails I hike with my dogs. There’s garbage everywhere—lots of teenagers
like to party back in this area because of the isolation it provides and it
seems that people think that nature is
their own personal junk yard and dumping ground. One day when I was out biking along a trail that goes by the river, I
found a garbage bag full of soiled diapers...:(
From
Michael Dangler: “Nature awareness has three facets: the awareness of nature as it
exists around us physically; the awareness of the spirits of nature and their
relation to us; and the awareness of the Earth Mother herself, and the other
deities who are also her children, and the relation of these beings to
ourselves...It is simple to say that we do not exist
apart from nature; it is harder to see this in our everyday lives.”
My dog Jackie and I heading down the trail…
I don’t know what this is called…a Pond? Bog? Swamp? Whatever it is, I love it. I sense that it embodies a male energy so I have lovingly named it "Bernard" or "Bernie" for short, in honor of my great-grandfather who died in 1914.
The kind of trash I find all the time…
This 5-gallon bucket was a great find…much easier to carry than a garbage bag.
I have a thing for cemeteries…
Jackie and I headed down to the river...
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