eco means extended family

 I'm starting a new chapter and working up the thoughts that will carry the story through. At least, that is what i'm telling myself and now, you as well. the book i'm writing and hope to share within a reasonable amount of time, is about our connection to the land and water. And the air too.  If you know my writing, you know it takes the winding path. I hope that you will check out my books. Here's the link to my last one, riding the waves: a tale about being home in the world.     All my writing is about the environment but you might have to move away the leaves to see that. There's probably many of us out in the world that would love to be called a nature writer. But our imaginations and creativity, and our passions, bring in other elements that aren't necessarily what everyone expects of a nature book. That's because nature includes everything, even shadows and imaginary beings. Or at least beings we can't all see yet. The environment is a word i struggle with because I don't think it brings to mind what I want it to. Nature might be closer to what I need. All my writing is about nature. Okay. That's better for me. It better expresses my desires about stewarding the planet and taking good care of the wildlife. Yes, the people too.  Many people aren't familiar with ecosystems. But that's a word that is closer to what I care about. I'm still learning. Eco comes from the meaning of extended family.  My book riding is about that. It's about finding wholeness through and past grief by connecting with and knowing that you are a part of nature. That I am a part of nature and that all I love and lost from this world are a part of the world I love. Yop, that's me. 

I just tweeted this as a for instance of what you can gather is ecos - 

thewildblues

@thewildblues

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#ecosystems #nature #writing #creatives. the combination that takes us home to ourselves. wishing everyone connection to what is real and whole.

i'm the wild blues writer. you can find me on Twitter here @thewildblues. I'm hoping to connect to the greater community and support everyone working to love the planet, heal the ecosystems. I'm pretty lame about this social media stuff but I'm trying. So eco echo or echo eco and let's find each other.

30 by 30 - preserving our lands and waters

 

USFWS Refuge System

@USFWSRefuges

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Happy Birthday to us. On March 14, 1903 – 118 years ago today – President Theodore Roosevelt founded the National Wildlife Refuge System. Let’s celebrate!

: Peter Pearsall/

@USFWS

Some countries, and your too, the United States of America, is looking to save our lands and waters. This is needed, it's a blessing if ever there was one and it's a relief. We have to do this. I hope for more, like 40 by 40 or 50 by 50. I hope that we can protect and preserve and hope that we all understand what is at stake here. It means some are recognizing the need to do this and many countries throughout the world are.
I'd like to be faithful here to documenting who is doing this and where. Once i figure out this blog thing better. In the meantime, here's a some information for those in New Jersey

for information on preserving New Jersey’s land and natural resources, visit the New Jersey Conservation Foundation website at www.njconservation.org or

contact me at info@njconservation.org.

And in the meantime, share your love for the USFWS Refuge system and our National Parks. Honor the land and the indigenous folks that were here before your relatives. But honor too your place on the land and water. Respect the earth. She's our home. We might have travelled far to get where we are. Maybe our relatives were brought here against their will or maybe we were unwelcomed down the line. But today, we've got to recognize all of our rights, our belonging to the earth, and share our respect for all of wildlife and each other. Wishing all peace and thanks for the opportunity to wildly share both creative work and conservation concerns.