It is a kind of church, back in these last cores. It may not be your church -- this last one percent of the West ā but it is mine, and I am asking unashamedly to be allowed to continue worshipping the miracle of the planet, and the worship of a natural system not yet touched, never touched by the machines of man. A place with the residue of God ā the scent, feel, sight, taste, and sound of God ā forever fresh upon it
Rick BassI do not concern myself with my inability to feel such comfort amidst humans (other than with very few friends and family), but, rather, am simply thankful that at least dogs exist, and Iām humbly aware of how much less a person Iād be ā how less a human ā if they did not exist.
Rick BassIt is a kind of church, back in these last cores. It may not be your church -- this last one percent of the West ā but it is mine, and I am asking unashamedly to be allowed to continue worshipping the miracle of the planet, and the worship of a natural system not yet touched, never touched by the machines of man. A place with the residue of God ā the scent, feel, sight, taste, and sound of God ā forever fresh upon it
Rick BassThe Ploughmen is part inspired fever-dream, part adventure story, a lyric parable of not just goodand evil but of the vast and beautiful and often lonely country in-between. Kim Zupan is a wonder.
Rick BassThere are none among us who have not been, even for a moment, cruel to those whom we love most, as if unable, in that moment, to shoulder any longer the magnificent weight and burden, the responsibility, of that love.
Rick Bass