"Thus spring wore on again and again and vaguely and more vaguely as these years passed he felt it coming. But still one thing remained to him and it was his love for his land. He had gone away from it and he had set up his house in a town and he was rich. But his roots were in his land and although he forgot it for many months, when spring came each year he must go out on to the land; and now although he could no longer hold a plow or do anything but see another drive the plow through the earth, still he must needs go and he went."
Buck, Pearl S.. The Good Earth (The Good Earth Trilogy Book 1) (pp. 207-208). Open Road Media. Kindle Edition.
Wang Lung is the main character in Buck's The Good Earth, who made his wealth on the land, except for some strategic looting in a southern city to which the fled to avoid starvation. "But his roots were in his land..." Now in his old age he needs to visit his land. Ah, yes, I can relate because today I was again on the land. I, too, in my old age find comfort in the land.
With the combination of returning stability to Minneapolis and the comfort of Lisa's neighborhood community we decided it would be okay for me to return to The Little House on The Prairie. So I did yesterday and spent the morning walking in grasslands.
The link below I recommend with a mixture of feelings. In most situations I support unions and unionizing. However, the division of accountability in unionized police departments stifle attempts to discipline and reform police. Read the link and draw your own conclusions.
There’s One Big Reason Why Police Brutality Is So Common In The US. And That’s The Police Unions. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/melissasegura/police-unions-history-minneapolis-
reform-george-floyd
Takk for alt,
Al
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