Lucy Whitesell
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Wandering Giants
The kiss of the golden flame caressed her moon-bathed silhouette, her skin aglow with the warmth of the hearth. Her dance was one to enchant many, but there lay a hidden eye in the shadows of the adjacent wood. James was kept cool by the canopies, but his skin was alight with the same kiss that Faryn now shimmered in. They both shared in the fire on that eclipsed eve, but it wouldn’t be for many moons that they would finally meet.
By Lucy Whitesell5 years ago in Humans
Hidden History
I think it's safe to say America likes to be forgetful, and to leave pertinent histories undisclosed. This has become increasingly apparent over the last year, with a plethora of information coming to light and mass movements gaining momentum to protect our waters and BIPOC. What I'm sharing today is part of a short research project I took on for an environmental studies class at my local community college, addressing some of these issues. For this report I was to use the National Inventory of Dams and other resources to identify and compare two dams of different sizes, listing their benefits and drawbacks, age, safety risks, whether or not they include a fish passage to travel upriver, the habitats they flood, recreation opportunities, etc. The two dams I chose are both significant to me, and both of which have caused much conflict with and heavily impact Native populations (human, animal, and plant life). And honestly the more I read about all this, the more it seems that this is not unique to these dams alone. This makes sense because life exists from and by water, and so of course the choices of American society and industry would violate the sacred grounds of many First Peoples.
By Lucy Whitesell5 years ago in FYI
