It is late but I am determined to post a blog entry. I drove back and forth to DC today and was reminded of the life of a commuter. As I sat in traffic, I was listening to Diane Rehm interview George Monbiot, author of Feral, who advocates for “rewilding” the world: “It’s the process of freeing ecosystems from human intervention and allowing them — in some cases for the first time in millennia — to resume their natural ecological processes. Monbiot makes the case that returning ecosystems to the wild will not only benefit nature, but humans as well.”

I snapped a picture of the view around me as I listened to Monbiot describe his encounter with a dolphin off the coast of Wales. I was reminded of my own experiences in the wild and thought about my favorite Wendell Berry poem, “The Peace of Wild Things”.

For your enjoyment, Monbiot’s TED talk: