Aug. 19th, 2019 07:49 pm
Hansel and Greta Thunberg
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oakfarmSo both my sisters and their family have been in town. My old BiL asked if I wanted to follow him on a hunting trip. Sit in a hunting tower and wait for an animal for him to shot. At least I think that’s how hunting work. My younger BiL told me I should say yes, but he also said it’s boring. Mixed messages? Perhaps it is like this, there he comes from, at least if you're a man, the rule is always follow with on hunting trips if you're asked. (There he's from is Tornedalen, the border between Sweden and Finland.) Lets see how I do.
Now, I have been spending more time in the forests than I have done in a long time. Mostly with my sisters and their families. Almost noteworthy, last time sister B was looking for mushrooms while older BiL shoot in his rifle. Hunting and gathering.
I also happened to read this: Why forests and rivers are the most potent health tonic around. The writer write some anecdotes of miraculous health improvement under hiking trips. THe article argue that both somatic and psychological it’s great to be outdoors. Now, as a kid I was a lot in nature. Still life wasn’t that easy. Was that because our forests wasn’t good enough, or was that because I was bullied and had an undiagnosed autism spectrum disorder? Probably the second one right? I’m not saying that nature don’t have healing powers, or that’s not important to visit nature. Hey I’m Swedish, they sometimes says that we worship nature. That when people in other cultures have a life changing experience like getting a cancer diagnosis, they goes to a churts, a mosque, a temple... while Swedes goes out in nature. All I’m saying is, don't’ oversell the health effects of hiking. People could have problems not solved by hiking.
The article actually made me look back and wonder: “was my autism the same during those years then we there visiting the forest like every weekend? Or is it something I got the years I stayed indoors all weekend?” Well, back then I had a very autistic special interest in environmental issues. Making me think I could have some “connection” to Greta Thunberg, she has the same diagnose and I too was worried about the environment already as a kid. And here I can write that sister B said she won't eat any meat except for game meat. Partly inspired by Greta. Then she, B not Greta, bought some expensive souvas burger. Souvas, being smoked reindeer surprisingly taste similar to bacon and is climate friendly. Reindeers eat lichen and turn it into meat.
And that’s right, since I mentioned Tornedalen. In a novel that take place in Tornedalen one guy cure his hangover by running over a swamp, holding weight in his hands. Swamps are definitely found in nature. So, that’s the healing power of nature.
Now, I have been spending more time in the forests than I have done in a long time. Mostly with my sisters and their families. Almost noteworthy, last time sister B was looking for mushrooms while older BiL shoot in his rifle. Hunting and gathering.
I also happened to read this: Why forests and rivers are the most potent health tonic around. The writer write some anecdotes of miraculous health improvement under hiking trips. THe article argue that both somatic and psychological it’s great to be outdoors. Now, as a kid I was a lot in nature. Still life wasn’t that easy. Was that because our forests wasn’t good enough, or was that because I was bullied and had an undiagnosed autism spectrum disorder? Probably the second one right? I’m not saying that nature don’t have healing powers, or that’s not important to visit nature. Hey I’m Swedish, they sometimes says that we worship nature. That when people in other cultures have a life changing experience like getting a cancer diagnosis, they goes to a churts, a mosque, a temple... while Swedes goes out in nature. All I’m saying is, don't’ oversell the health effects of hiking. People could have problems not solved by hiking.
The article actually made me look back and wonder: “was my autism the same during those years then we there visiting the forest like every weekend? Or is it something I got the years I stayed indoors all weekend?” Well, back then I had a very autistic special interest in environmental issues. Making me think I could have some “connection” to Greta Thunberg, she has the same diagnose and I too was worried about the environment already as a kid. And here I can write that sister B said she won't eat any meat except for game meat. Partly inspired by Greta. Then she, B not Greta, bought some expensive souvas burger. Souvas, being smoked reindeer surprisingly taste similar to bacon and is climate friendly. Reindeers eat lichen and turn it into meat.
And that’s right, since I mentioned Tornedalen. In a novel that take place in Tornedalen one guy cure his hangover by running over a swamp, holding weight in his hands. Swamps are definitely found in nature. So, that’s the healing power of nature.