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Off the heroin...
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I run into ****, the Mother-in-laws brother (from the old restaurant) on the street. He's been off the heroin now for years, gets his methadone prescription from the pharmacy. Briefly stop to chat and catch up but he's in no condition, he allows me to take a picture:
Apparently he's found a new hobby. It's none of my business, but I'm not thinking it's any better than the old hobby...
Sanxingdui
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An interesting read on a lost civilization from China, the Sanxingdui.
Article via the Wall Street Journal - and Internet Archive (otherwise paywall).
Link: https://archive.is/nCYDv
and the Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanxingdui
Girl Hits the Wall
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A long 5 minute video apology from the girl that went missing from Shambala. She was found a week or so later, living feral in the woods near Nelway (the border), a classic example of somebody who took too much and never got home...
The video, not obligatory but welcome I'm sure, it took some courage even though clearly she - while "home" and safe - has not yet recovered her peace of mind.
It reminds me of the less fortunate guy that went missing from Shambala a few years ago, last spotted running through yards in Salmo, somewhere now picked clean in the woods.
A reminder to not lose your crew until you get to the relative safety of your home, although where home is will vary with your state of mind.
At the old restaurant, the "Cock 'n' Suck" we'd get these people for weeks after Shambala, parked in a decrepit broken down car in our lot or on the Ferry Landing, just working things out, coming in for food they couldn't pay for, trying to get something done if only they could sustain the thought of what...
Ideas on Property vs Stewardship
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Now you see this everywhere out here, people with a few extra acres, on to which they store their used car collection, their bottles, cans, chemicals and pesticides, plastic tarps, tires, etc, etc, and this is largely regarded as a right of ownership. There are often community guidelines regarding the upkeep of property, but in rural areas they're seldom enforced.
This of course is bananas. Cars leak antifreeze, wiper fluid, oil, gas, transmission fluids, plastics break down, all these things saturate the soil and make the property poisonous to future generations. Examples of this are too numerous to list. While corporations are notorious for this approach to the environment, a short drive on the back-roads of Alberta or BC should be enough to inform you that a good many individuals are no better.
There is something inherently wrong with property as "Ownership". Property should be better regarded as "Stewardship", that you have an obligation to upkeep and maintain your property in an environmentally responsible way. You should be required to pay a deposit on any future remediations that need to be done. No further property can be acquired or sold until the property you've tenanted is remediated to the condition you acquired it, and the price paid to acquire it should reflect your track record of looking after things.
Take this one step further and remove ownership entirely. All property is that of the "Crown" - and it to be sold/returned to the crown when the tenant is done.
Property is an obligation, not a right, and one's ability to "own" is contingent on ones ability to look after the property. Similar arguments could and should be made for Pets and Children, but that's a separate diatribe...
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