Hi everyone —
Just a quick note to wish you a Happy New Year and to share a hilarious-slash-heartwarming-slash-troubling-but-also-what-isn’t-troubling-these-days moment from the Anthropocene: I went to an ice rink in Oklahoma City and found people skating around in puddles, making wakes as they sloshed about in the water.
The high that day was 76 degrees (a record).
These kids were skating anyway, and seemed to be loving it.
Note the wakes behind the little push-cart things. :)
I’m not sending this to bum you out. Do I wish we weren’t burning fossil fuels and making these freakishly-warm moments more likely: yes. Did I get a little burst of joy watching these families make the most of it anyway: also emphatically yes.
I hope you’re making the most of the holiday season and finding joy where it lives.
In case it’s helpful for you, here are a couple other folks thinking smartly about our humanity in this time of climate grief and tragedy and uncertainty:
Kate Marvel and her book, Human Nature (here’s a nice interview with her from The Climate Pod; they’re also on Substack, duh).
Katharine Wilkinson and her project/forthcoming book, Climate Wayfinding (Substack here, and you can also find her on IG and all the places)
Xiye Bastida’s talk on harnessing and maintaining your “inner fire” (IG here)
Happy New Year! I love hearing from this group. Feel free to shoot me a note or comment on this post. Also consider sharing it with a friend.
Gratefully (and warmly!),
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