Reply #33: I'm fortunate enough to have a back door that looks out to the gorgeous high Sonoran desert. [View All]

Part of my view is obstructed by a wonderful man-made object--the Central Arizona Project canal. I can look past the canal to the northern hills where the water is gathered, then see the conduit--originally put there literally thousands of years ago by the Anasazi.

My husband won't drink water out of the tap, but I can't stand bottled water. I can't explain it, but it just isn't "there," if that makes any sense. I have to laugh about the fact that that water 50 yards from my backdoor still goes through so many man-made processes before it gets to me, but it's that one extra process that just makes it seem less viable.

I've had the wonderful opportunity to grow up both in rural and urban areas and I truly appreciate the wonders of both. I've studied the WPA as a hobby and I can look at the magnificence of the man-made structures at the Grand Canyon with as much amazement as I can the canyon itself. They are the coming together of the wonders of nature, technology, and just good, old fashioned hard work done for the best of reasons.

In short, I'm "connected," I think. I don't dwell or think deeply about how, I just appreciate that I am.

I'm clouding up after reading that post. Hope has a tendency to do that to me lately. Thanks, H2OMan, once again.

K&R.