May the image take you to a hillside filled with wildflowers, on a perfect sunny day in late spring -- and may you connect with that wild child within you who runs and jumps and dreams and plays.
Kuni A Japanese Vision and Practice for Urban-Rural Reconnection by Tsuyoshi Sekihara & Richard McCarthy
A guide to reviving and revitalizing forgotten places and communities through the Japanese principles of kuni
Kuni offers a unique model for the revitalization of rural and deindustrialized lands and communities—and shares lessons in citizen-led regeneration for all of us, regardless of where we live.
Our local Secondary school, threatened with closure, is in the middle of this picture, which was taken from the top of a nearby hill.
It is a Scottish country secondary (or high) school with a primary school attached, teaching kids from the age of 3 at nursery, through to 15/16 in the secondary end. Children have always moved onto to another school if they want to do 5th and 6th year. The secondary used to be one of the top performing schools in Scotland. #rural#education#photography
"If Donald Trump gets back to the Oval Office, it will be because — once again — rural Whites put him there. Which is why I hope that White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy, my new book with Tom Schaller, will be particularly timely as we head into the general election."
Then he provides an overview of the book, which explores the implications of this central finding:
"The more we looked into patterns of public opinion, the more it became clear that rural Whites are more likely than other Americans to express racism and xenophobia; to fall prey to conspiracy theories; to have the thinnest commitment to foundational democratic principles; and in extreme cases, to support violence as a political tool."
"While those kinds of beliefs can be found everywhere, if they are particularly prevalent among rural Whites, America has a serious problem on its hands. That’s because while rural Whites are treated with kid gloves — and often lauded as the realest of 'real' Americans — they also wield outsize power in our political system."
"Not only are they given added political leverage by the Electoral College and the anti-democratic design of the U.S. Senate, in state after state, Republicans have built their own power on drawing district lines to maximize the electoral influence of rural Whites."
Bee's were once described as 'Coorus craiturs’ and certainly, they play a key role in Shropshire Folklore. Read all about their prominence in the county, including the 'Telling the Bee's' ritual 🐝
May the artwork take you to a quiet country field on a perfect autumn day, complete with warm sunlight breaking through the clouds and a cool, fresh breeze.