74 bar steady 29.96 0mph NNW dew-point 60 sunrise 6:05 sunset 8:32 Lughnasa
Waxing Crescent of the Corn Moon
“Brothel owners in Bulgaria are blaming global warming for staff shortages. They claim their best girls are working in ski resorts because a lack of snow has forced tourists to seek other pleasures.” Metro, a British newspaper, March 2007
Now there’s a motivator for action!
In my list of very American I knew I put it out there as the world of a Midwestern white male raised in the 1950’s. I just watched an Easy Rollins movie with Denzel Washington as Easy. It reminded me that my view has a certain perspectival bias; that does not make it wrong, of course, just limited. From the others point of view, a girl’s or a woman’s, Latino or Latina, Chinese or Japanese immigrant, member of a First Nation or gay turns the kaleidoscope, changes the color chips through which the nation comes into focus. What might seem bucolic to me could be oppressive or dangerous to another. A comfortable place depends on who seeks comfort.
I’m glad to have that reminder.
