04/22/19 - Earth Day

Tread softly! All the earth is holy ground.
~Christina Rossetti

I imagine this day awakens different thoughts
and memories in each of us. I had only just
become of age when Earth Day was initiated;
a truly different era. Everyone likes to think
theirs to be the best and brightest and I'm no
exception. I fondly remember picnics every
weekend, rides through the mountains a couple
of times a month, nature photography and city
wide pick up trash days. I even remember fines
for littering being implemented. Best of all was
Gaylord Nelson initiating his Earth Day campaign.
At the time, I was more enamored with his name
than his cause. I mean really, Gaylord?! I was
a goner! And yet, here we are nearly 50 years
later, our cities are trashed and many reticent
to recycle. Me thinks 'tis a good day to remind
ourselves that Mama Earth R O C K S and it's up
to us to honor her in every possible way we can!

remembering you
mother ever in my heart
worship at your feet

Happy Earth Day, April 22, 1970