an oak on the Tejon Ranch
Good Afternoon, God. Yes, God, I KNOW time doesn’t matter to You, but Hi seems too informal. Anyway, I want to think about conservation land. Once again I was reading Sierra magazine and was struck by an article about the Tejon Ranch putting 90% of its land into conservation status. It’s a BIG ranch.
How many times have we driven the Grapevine — going right over Tejon Pass. But it was just a Pass — I had no idea the oldest ranch in California was surrounding it. Ranch land that spans the coastal hills, the central valley and the Sierras. Ranch land that is on the northern edge of the giant Los Angeles megalopolis.
Now, why am I so interested? As I ponder this it comes to me that my Days at Home (twice a week — well, one and a half days a week) have the value to me that Conservation Land does to California. Keeping excess development at bay? Or is it more a matter of making room for Nature — Your activities — not ours.
Perhaps one benefit to leaving things alone — is that we don’t come in to “improve” things. Your complex web of life works very well when we dwell within it in humility. And I think of the German Forestry Workers who removed “useless” dead trees — only to find that they had badly damage the forests, who needed the dead trees.
Ah, humility . . . the fine art of knowing at least a portion of what we DON’T KNOW! Help us, God. More to the point, help ME!
Story teller,
A Moment with God 
aloha sweet one, well since it is 6am here on the 7th, and your blog says good afternoon, I am guessin you are on the mainland.
Love you Shane turned 28 yesterday. I am home safe and the thumb is healing nicely… hugs to you.
I need to work on the sabbaith in my life thanks for hte reminder
Do you continue days of rest when you travel, are with family etc?
I wish I did . . . I pray I will.