Somewhere, something amazing is waiting to be known.*
Carl Sagan

Technology is miraculous but so too is nature – and this aspect of the world’s wonder seems under threat of erasure in children’s narratives, dreams and plots.**
Robert Macfarlane

Towards saving our world,
A good place to begin could be
to include more
natural awe in our day –
Gazing at a tree and attempting to draw it may hive
one place to begin,
Spotting and listing the birds or bugs,
Or bugs and birds around our homes is another;
I’ve just picked up
Jacqueline Freeman’s Song of Increase to help me discover
the wisdom of honeybees.^

Natural awe is our fuel for what
we must do.

*Jonah Paquette’s Awestruck;
**Robert Macfarlane’s Landmarks;
^And anything from Robert Macfarlane makes for awe-filled reading.