The First Friday of August we made a quick run to the Springs with a pair of Historic Poles [remnants of “Clayweight”] for Linda’s upcoming “Confluence” at the UCCS Ent Center,
returned through Pueblo
for an early lunch at the Hat [pork and avocado burritos; hot green, extra onions, not shown]
and home in a small rain which
dampened down the smoke somewhat
for dinner on the porch but returned by morning, a disincentive for photography
unless it can be up the creek amongst the happy stones.
Sunday came news that our neighbors had resuscitated the long-dormant lower well,
cause for considerable celebration although the community’s elation was more than dampened
midday when, after years of fine-tuning, frustrations and a seven-hour Saturday meeting which resulted in finally eliminating the unwieldy and often abused “unanimity clause” [as well as inducting eight new members], a last vote phoned in from an adamantly non-participatory absentee member came in belatedly NO and torpedoed the whole deal, eloquently illuminating the inherent vice of Unanimity, Abused.
Not that those present will in any way be dissuaded from exercising THEIR enjoyment of the place and the days, only that the future cannot at present happen on this land for the next
generation, as our projects continue.
Leon was over in his recreational vehicle [see immediately below]* to repair a leaking gas line [more of a hassle than anticipated] before heading out for Water Fun with grandkids;
living well remains the Best Revenge.
*Recreational Vehicles;
…or, on a more personal note;
Onwards unto, perhaps, junkyards, smoke and other adventures…
m
unanimity? sounds about as bad as the power of veto
well, majority is also a human invention, we humans do
think a lot of things up and realistically, when do they work?
Well after thirty-five years of sort of working and fifteen years of not one human decided it was best to perpetuate the cause of obstruction, so the Future remains Stuck.
Majority wins works almost all of the time. Unanimity always descends eventually to one person rule. An evenly spit majority can also be ruled by one odd man or woman out. But do any of us really want to sacrifice that potential power, as it might someday help make a better world. The odds of course are deeply against that ever happening. And I suppose the “tyranny of the majority” is easier to bear than the tyranny of a single opponent. I wish these issues didn’t seem so relevant right now in this trumpian summer when the whole world seems to be burning up. And a category 3 hurricane may be on it’s way to the Big Island of Hawaii. Hurricane plus active volcano? Perhaps we haven’t seen anything yet.