There are things I have some control over in life. And there are others that are beyond my abilities to do anything about. I have no power over the global economy, the present political environment, the regulatory process, massive forest fires, earthquakes… At times I think California is falling apart and it might be time to pack up and leave. But it’s a gorgeous place and it’s my home - at least for now.
I’ve traveled a great deal in my life and I’ve never been anywhere in the world that didn’t involve some kind of serious trade off or compromise. To quote Douglas Coupland, the patron saint of my own Generation X, “New Zealand gets nuked too.” This hoop house is one of the small household baby steps I can take to make myself and the people around me a tiny bit more secure. So I’m doing what I can where I already live. As my Sicilian grandmother used to say, Ciò che non ti uccide ti rende più forte. What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.