molly costello
the land loves us back

"No one can stop us from imagining another kind of future, one which departs from the terrible cataclysm of violent conflict, of hateful divisions, poverty, and suffering.

Let us begin to imagine the worlds we would like to inhabit, the long lives we will share, and the many futures in our hands." - Susan Griffin

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"The Future Is Mutual Aid"
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Exercises on radical kindness:

Cultivate the habit of asking yourself - when was the last time I practiced mutual aid this week? How can I do it again next week? Am I waiting for someone to ask for help or can I get used to offer it first?

So, I've talked about the book Braiding Sweetgrass a number of times, and I cannot stress how healing it is to read about how the land loves us back. My absolute favorite chapter in that book is "Epiphany in the Beans," and I keep some quotes from that chapter nice and close for when I need them.

"People often ask me what one thing I would recommend to restore relationship between land and people. My answer is almost always, ‘Plant a garden.’ It’s good for the health of the earth and it’s good for the health of people. A garden is a nursery for nurturing connection, the soil for cultivation of practical reverence. And its power goes far beyond the garden gate – once you develop a relationship with a little patch of earth, it becomes a seed itself. Something essential happens in a vegetable garden. It’s a place where if you can’t say ‘I love you’ out loud, you can say it in seeds. And the land will reciprocate, in beans." (Kimmerer 122)

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Watch "What Can You Build WITHOUT Planning Permission? (UK)" on YouTube
https://youtu.be/QYsOqzuZejs

Remember to continue to research local laws and consult experts before performing such actions, ignorance of the law does not excuse one from the law, and penalties regarding illegal building can be scary.

🦌 Happy National Day of the Sámi People!!!!!! 🦌

On the contrary, TIL this is apparently irregular and uncommon.

TIL Some dialects of English use the adverb anymore in an affirmative context https://ift.tt/hQCsLxt