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How Do You Begin to Heal a Wound You've Never Lived Without?

How Do You Begin to Heal a Wound You've Never Lived Without?

On the koan of living in 2024

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Anna Mercury
Nov 09, 2024
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Someone once told me that if you live in California today, you’ve never seen a healthy forest. After almost two centuries of wall-to-wall exploitation and degradation of the land, we’ve rendered the mighty forests of the West feeble, sick and prone to disaster. When they burn, we burn with them.

In 2024, we live so far rem…

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