The Grand Teton National Forestwas a major reason we decided to take a road trip to the West. We were primed for its beauty. We lodged the night before near the Grand Teton’s. Upon waking the next morning the Teton’s were totally blacked out by heavy hoary clouds. But the storm passed in a few more hours.
“The Cambodian village of Kdep Tmar, deep in the northwest forests near the Thai border, lies within a minefield. Planted by numerous belligerent factions during Cambodia’s three decades of war, the mines are in the fields behind the houses, along the rutted track that is the only access to the village and in the forest where the villagers gather wood.
“Life is bad here,” says Pou Venh, father of three, a sad-faced man whose body is emaciated by malaria. “There is no land for growing rice, no food, mines everywhere. The school has no furniture.” He and his wife try to keep their children from wandering too far, but they don’t even know if the patch of ground around their small wooden shack is safe. Two months ago a pregnant woman was killed by a mine as she walked to the outdoor latrine 20 yds. behind her hut.”
This is my dog Belle. I adopted her about five months ago. She was a rescue. I was originally her Shelter Buddy, and then when COVID19 hit the shelter was trying to find homes for the animals left there. She is a wonderful little girl. Well exactly not “little” as she weights in at 75 pounds.
What do you think her “posture” is saying to me? Is that a guilty look? Has she been a bad dog? What do you think?
I could never do this kind of project. I do know people who thrive on this type of challenge. I think I would make some pieces fit even if they were not the correct ones!
Photo credit === Danny James
Sometimes life can be a struggle
It could be world peace, climate change, racial inequality