If there is nothing else you do to connect with nature today, at least look up and notice the sky … — I am looking across the inlet, the black silhouette of the city barely registering beneath a vast, stormy sky. It is a Black Friday in the Age of Anthropocene. An “atmospheric river” driven by climate change, itself driven by human greed, has carved a new course across the entire region…

The sky The forest The mountain… heavy heart… The stream … a tear springs up The alpine meadow … no, now I am feeling really sad… flip the switch. Birdsong Tea… coffee…. Music boxes… no no no… so beautiful but so sad... music is my mother… close the polished lid…