Short story: The blue vulture and the red snake
The blue vulture flexed its claws, still managing to hold on firmly to the thick, gnarly old branch of the great tree in which it long ago made its nest, right at the very top. Other birds had tried to make their nests on the upper branches, but over time had come to realise that the blue vulture would only tolerate their presence if they were either other vultures, or smaller birds prepared to make do with the much thinner and weaker branches right at the very bottom.
tags: birds, blue, creative writing, fables, fantasy, myth, parables, politics, red, snakes, stories, trees, vultures2008: a new home, new ways of living, new thinking
2008 was the year I predicted, somewhat casually at some point in the previous 12 months, that the proverbial shit would hit the fan with regard to the world economy, climate change, and fossil fuels. It gives me no pleasure whatsoever to have been right, but the end of rampant, unfettered consumerism—or at least its death throes—affords us new opportunities to learn how to work with, instead of against, the natural world. We spend less, we cut back on usage, we make less waste, we recycle more. That’s the hope, and it makes sense financially now as well as environmentally.
tags: 2008, 2009, anniversaries, Battery Hen Welfare Trust, battery hens, Big Brother, blessings, broomstick culture, cultural memes, Druidism, eco-towns, environmentalism, intensive farming, meat, moving house, Paganism, politics, privacy, spirituality, technology, Tesco, Witchcraft
