The Palms of Los Angeles
Good Morning, God
Here I am back in the city I was born in — the city I went to junior high and high school in — and nothing evokes L.A. for me like these palms. I don’t even know their name. But to me they mean L.A.
It is the coconut palm that evokes Hawaii, and the live oak that means coastal northern California. I am not a gardener, God, but I am noticing plants more and more. A few months ago I was mulling over the increase in CO2 and I thought that What we NEED are tall towers that convert CO2 into something useful– then I realized OH! We already HAVE THEM. We call them TREES! You created a SUSTAINABLE WORLD.
I’m not sure just how useful palms are in the work of converting CO2 into oxygen. But they are stately and create fabulous silhouettes at dusk or dawn. I hope, God, that our new ethos of sustainability will make for more beauty, not less.
I just read where Stanford is experimenting with planting native grasses — hoping to replace grass. Then I remembered that Arizona and New Mexico used to be grasslands back at the end of the 1800’s. The prairie grasses all across the midwest had roots so deep that people couldn’t farm until the steel plow came along. Oh, what we have undone!
We have planted corn and soybeans and brought forth a grain based diet — helped by the fact that our government actually “helps” the farmers so that the FOOD PROCESSING COMPANIES can buy corn BELOW what it cost to raise it. Then, because grain is Nature’s way of STORING nutrients — it is used to create packaged food that will sit on the shelf for years — filled with SLOW FATs. Alas, steers fed corn are also filled with SLOW FAT. Steers (or buffalo) that feed on grasses are filled with FAST FAT. Funny thing, God. Grass based food provides FAST FATS that make for better brains and hormonal systems. Hmmm. This CHANGE might explain a LOT of things. Maybe, God, You could help us think about this?
Story teller,
A Moment with God 
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