Squishing

Last night we watched 'For your Consideration' a film directed and co-written by Christopher Guest, who also co-wrote and directed 'A Mighty Wind'. The co-writer on both was Eugene Levy. Guest also co-wrote 'This is Spinal Tap'.
To my mind, Guest is the King of the mockumentary and this was well up to snuff, subtle, and carefully observed. And joining the usual suspects, his regular cast, was the Heir Apparent, Ricky Gervais.

Dear God it rained today. The poor kids who came to the Nature Park today were drowned by the time we had walked the trail.
The Signs of Spring Programme is nearly over, tomorrow we do our last performances, so today we were rehearsing for Bees in the Bog. Sadly, we don't actually get any bees in our hive until the end of next week, and with the shortage of them, we'll be lucky to get any then.
What a lot of people don't realise is our debt to the humble bumble bee. The bumble bee can operate at lower temperatures, so they are the first pollinators out there in the spring visiting plants that flower way too early for honey bees. Those we can see. And sometimes they live alone, sometimes in a small hive. But it's the industry of the hive that fascinates us, the division of labour, the specialisation, the sacrifice of the individual for the greater good of the whole.

People though. How flawed we all are. How strange and diverse. How the hell do we ever achieve anything? We have the capability to all work together on something, but do we? Sporadically. What motivates us and stops us from acting? We are the most complex creatures on the planet. And look at the range of us. Humans are amazing and they are despicable. Humans can cause the souls of others to soar and they can destroy them. Humans can change the world, for better or for worse. We are Heaven and we are Hell.

I for one am glad to see that the Churches are taking responsibility for the environment, for once not pushing some bizarre and twisted interpretation of a minor point of Pauline doctrine, instead the actual message behind the Faith. And I see it as more than just an admonishment to Christians to take stewardship of the planet seriously, but also as an example to other religious leaders to stand up and be counted.

My daughter. I miss her. I wish she were here now, but I also want her to have the freedom to follow her dream. It's tough not to squish people sometimes. Flowers in the rain.