Adventures II - Commodities
What do we have at this park? Well, at this park we have the natural and cultural history of this particular patch of the land on display, maybe. We also have what's here now in this time and place on display, maybe.
Many moons past there was a woodcock fooling around in the woods at Palmetto State Park. I was lucky enough to get to watch it for a minute or two. I never forgot that particular woodcock because it was the first one I ever saw. If I went back over there now, I might be able to find the very spot I saw that woodcock, maybe. Maybe I will do just that.
Just a few moons past I was talking with another old man as we were hiking along intermittently at a good pace, still, who recalled the only fire (it was apparently set by kids messing around) that broke out in his neck of the woods within recent memory. The place that burned is now part of a preserve for the Golden-cheeked Warbler, but it wasn't a preserve back then, many moons past. So after the fire he went out on the place to fool around and look at stuff because he was curious to see what the fire had done. And to record his adventure, he hefted a big chunk of Glen Rose limestone on to a burned juniper stump and there it reposed to that very day.
What's any of this worth? We Druids get that question a lot, from those who would feature natural history as a commodity. Do you think people would pay to come here and see a woodcock? If not a woodcock, what would they pay to come and see? Find something they would pay to come and see! Because if you don't find something, we are going to sell this park!
Sadly, these questions come from those who care enough to ask. The really forward thinkers don't ask these questions. They only look at blueprints and clocks. They are in a big hurry. Their question is, How long will it take to sweep all these obstacles out of my way? I have a plan of action! Time is money!
It's not easy to argue that a burnt up juniper stump or a woodcock is worth more than a plan of action. Noper.
Many moons past there was a woodcock fooling around in the woods at Palmetto State Park. I was lucky enough to get to watch it for a minute or two. I never forgot that particular woodcock because it was the first one I ever saw. If I went back over there now, I might be able to find the very spot I saw that woodcock, maybe. Maybe I will do just that.
Just a few moons past I was talking with another old man as we were hiking along intermittently at a good pace, still, who recalled the only fire (it was apparently set by kids messing around) that broke out in his neck of the woods within recent memory. The place that burned is now part of a preserve for the Golden-cheeked Warbler, but it wasn't a preserve back then, many moons past. So after the fire he went out on the place to fool around and look at stuff because he was curious to see what the fire had done. And to record his adventure, he hefted a big chunk of Glen Rose limestone on to a burned juniper stump and there it reposed to that very day.
What's any of this worth? We Druids get that question a lot, from those who would feature natural history as a commodity. Do you think people would pay to come here and see a woodcock? If not a woodcock, what would they pay to come and see? Find something they would pay to come and see! Because if you don't find something, we are going to sell this park!
Sadly, these questions come from those who care enough to ask. The really forward thinkers don't ask these questions. They only look at blueprints and clocks. They are in a big hurry. Their question is, How long will it take to sweep all these obstacles out of my way? I have a plan of action! Time is money!
It's not easy to argue that a burnt up juniper stump or a woodcock is worth more than a plan of action. Noper.
posted by ray pistrum at Saturday, December 10, 2005
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