tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4409814846400976038.post7436030442655762443..comments2024-03-11T08:32:32.526-05:00Comments on Living Rootless: Parting Gifts from New Mexico: TarantulasUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4409814846400976038.post-67515704975236828252013-10-06T09:18:50.955-05:002013-10-06T09:18:50.955-05:00Thank you for this comment.
It provoked much tho...Thank you for this comment. <br /><br />It provoked much thought about the - ability? appropriateness? challenge? - to appreciate something that has beauty and which also does harm. <br /><br />A few weeks earlier I'd been touring about in a NM community with a guide, and when I remarked on the loveliness of the yellow flowers massed in a pasture, she said they're a nuisance because the horses can't eat them, so she sees them only as weeds. <br /><br />The same rains that threatened homes and historic sites (such as Bandelier's visitor center) also replenished the gasping reservoir lakes in New Mexico.<br /><br />Is it possible to acknowledge both the beauty and the threat in something? I think yes.<br /><br />Thank you again for your thoughtful comment. Mzurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13257270220138351795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4409814846400976038.post-66242602541465866212013-10-04T17:13:55.028-05:002013-10-04T17:13:55.028-05:00The little yellow butterflies are the spawn of the...The little yellow butterflies are the spawn of the cut worms that devastated the crops here at Bosque Redondo. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com