Climate and energy

The sky is falling again. I know. I wish there were something I could do to make everyone feel better, but there isn’t. I could say that since the markets have recently become bipolar, there is in fact a teeny chance they could shoot back up by day’s end, but really, who knows.

So in lieu of that, I’m going to quote from Grass and Grain. Even if you have no pioneer heritage in your blood, pretend that you do. Just for a second. It might make you feel a little better. The following is from Beth Gaines-Riffel’s Over the Barn Gate column.

Those who came to the plain in the era of covered wagons persevered through many difficult times. I’m sure that there were many times that it would have been much easier to return to the east and settle for whatever life they could eke out there. But they didn’t. They dug in their heels, learned how to make a living from the land – laying in provisions and learning how to make the most of tough situations….

My sage grandmother used to tell me as a teen when dealing with difficult circumstances or disappointments that “this too will pass.” And you know, her advice has seldom been wrong.

I think about the challenges that she has been witness to – the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, rationing during the war, the 60′s, and the list goes on.

Cooler heads will prevail and this too will pass. I’m sure of it.

— Maril Hazlett, www.climateandenergy.org