10/16/2026
When I awoke this morning, I made a cup of coffee, and sat by the window watching the sun come up over a heavily frosted landscape. And I thought….what a gift it is to live in a quiet, beautiful, ecologically diverse place where we can make a livelihood working close to the land.
And it made me think of Wendell Berry. While his recent passing has elevated his presence in my consciousness, honestly, he has always held an important place there.
And when we talk of mining for rare earth minerals in the headwaters of Montana rivers, the placement of data centers, or where the best public land to test hypersonic missiles is, I think often of his quote..
“There are no unsacred places; there are only sacred places and desecrated places”.
