The Summer of Simmer

It's been a great summer.  Not the kind I was expecting.  At least not just.  There were waves and sandy toes and camp fires, but the one most fulfilling thing that emerged in the past two months was something far more rippling.  

As the heat continued to roast this land and simmered it in its own sod, there was a gradual coming together of the different sized bits and pieces, like in the making of one steamy hot succulent stew.   

From amidst all the horror of drilling wells and cover ups, out of deep frustration and disenchantment grew, like a spring out of the rock, a fresh feeling of commitment and determination. 

In these past weeks, communities across the UK have moved closer together and what began as a three-mom show outside a small village in the South has grown into a full blown protest movement.  

Frack Off indeed !   

'Tis Summer...

...and the livin' is easy....

Humble Brains

As the most social of all species - equipped with highly sensitive social antennea, complex ommunication skills and team work ability, it is surprising that we spend so much time on screwing eachother over.  As if individual greed ever persevered against the common good.  Check out history - it works for a generation or two, maybe.  But then it's back to the drawing board.  Seems to me rocket science is not what we need.  Common sense is.

Back to the USA - Land of the Unfree

"No access to the lakefront,"  "No tresspassing"  "Private property,"  "Tresspassers will be prosecuted," "Private beach," " Private Road - no walking or biking," "Keep Out." 

Wow, I had forgotten how stuck I feel whenever I get back to the US. 

Granted - in Britain half a percent of landed aristocracy own 60% of the land - but everywhere there are public footpaths and bridleways, so walking, biking, horseback riding or having a picnic in a field, on a cliff, by the shore, next to a stream is never a problem. 

I regard free movement as part of my quality of life - to hell with a hundred feet of private beach front.  What's the point of THAT??   

Fracking Crazy!

The drilling rig is to arrive at a site in East Sussex today with drilling to commence on Saturday.

Follow this live Facebook Note for updates: https://www.facebook.com/notes/frack-free-sussex/cuadrilla

What are they up to?  Drilling in the London Banker belt, destroying fox hunting grounds, horse paddocks and sweeping views from hill top mansions is not the obvious course of action when a country is faced with pensioners’ plight in the face of rising energy costs.

So what is on their mind?

Fracked !

                                       

Fracking - the process of drilling deeper and deeper into the Earth and using more and more invasive methods of extracting methane gas from shale rock is symptomatic of the MALE approach to coping with fear: 

Impose yourself - control by all means - focus on ensuring survival of the species at all costs. 

 Frack!