tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720895508800507532.post2798802215513616814..comments2023-07-21T07:07:29.279-07:00Comments on Once Upon a College: Nature, and nurturing nature, and the nurturing of nature-nurturersMickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09058893780999651690noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720895508800507532.post-35817483494431174312009-08-03T00:13:12.681-07:002009-08-03T00:13:12.681-07:00An intrusion of reality in your romanticized view?...An intrusion of reality in your romanticized view?<br /><br />Of course, any "Harry Potter" fan has no business complaining about romanticization, unless, of course, it's the extremes of Disneyfication that cause the worse damage, which I think is true.<br /><br />The parks and trails systems of this country are, as Burn's says in his new show, "America's best idea." It's their commodification that is the problem, as well as the fact that in hallowing the parks we routinely ignore all the other bits in between, for which we are just as responsible if not more.<br /><br />Like my grown-over orchard that I've been clearing out, for instance.<br /><br />Thanks for reading, Deanna.Mickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09058893780999651690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720895508800507532.post-55380458055326162572009-08-02T11:56:38.811-07:002009-08-02T11:56:38.811-07:00Read it and point taken. Hoping to follow in simi...Read it and point taken. Hoping to follow in similar footsteps. We are gathering our own wood now and working on our garden plot (it stinks this year but this is our first year in VT so next year should be better). I do believe in a wee bit of romantacism of nature, though, and that I get when hiking on the Long Trail. Although, it is quickly shattered when a mighty hail-producing storm comes marching overhead. Ha!Deanna Stopplerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12125385222380576387noreply@blogger.com