Rachel Carson returned her borrowed stardust to the universe 60 years ago today, having forever changed our relationship to the living world. Link in profile for her breathtaking deathbed letter to her soul mate about the meaning of life.
instagram.comRachel Carson returned her borrowed stardust to the universe 60 years ago today, having forever changed our relationship to the living world. Link in profile for her breathtaking deathbed letter to her soul mate about the meaning of life.
Our crossing is a brief one, best spent bearing witness to all that we see: honoring what we find noble, tending what we know needs our care, recognizing that we are inseparably connected to all of it, including what is not yet upon us, including what is already gone. We are here to keep watch, not to keep.
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Rachel Carson: “Those who contemplate the beauty of the Earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.”
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Rachel Carson: “Those who contemplate the beauty of the Earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.”
For Emily, who returned her borrowed stardust to the universe far too soon.
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Rachel Carson in her book entitled Silent Spring, “As man proceeds towards his announced goal of the conquest of nature, he has written a depressing record of destruction, directed not only against the earth he inhabits but against the life that shares it with him.”