We are still tired after our busy Easter weekend. On Tuesday we went to a screening of the movie Chasing Ice, which was sponsored by the Environmental Law Society at the University of Idaho. It was quite good, but depressing. The movie documents a photographer, James Balog, as he sets up cameras to take time-lapse images of the glaciers in the Arctic. It's a good reminder that sometimes geologic activity can happen very, very quickly, and that the overwhelming scientific evidence points to humans as a least one of the primary factors leading to climate change.
The movie also helps put things in perspective for me, so that when I'm whining because it's April and I'm wondering if I should start a fire in the woodstove or just put on a sweater, that it is good to have seasons and it's good to have them come when and as they ought. So I'll just keep knitting hats for now, instead of sewing up cute skirts, and waiting for my flowers to bloom. Oh, and trying to think of ways to reduce my family's carbon footprint!
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