tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350406615166417147.post5901309979606696377..comments2024-03-26T22:55:14.070-07:00Comments on Avoiding Regret: Photo Essay: San Pedro's Sunken CitySandi Hemmerleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16500439516140538378noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350406615166417147.post-66779929514601420602024-03-19T04:02:21.365-07:002024-03-19T04:02:21.365-07:00“Mother” Nature, or Gaia, is ancient, complex and ...“Mother” Nature, or Gaia, is ancient, complex and a self-correcting, living ‘system.’<br /><br />We humans are but simple, fragile, short-lived, viral organisms scurrying and scratching her surface, in feeble attempts to “progress” and evolve and make something that endures. <br /><br />Past attempts from every continent illustrate this, from the pyramids of Giza and Cahokia, to the serpent, ‘stick figure’ and other mounds of North and South America and Australia, every human civilization has built large monuments-usually to the dead, in attempts to “transcend time.” But, like the old saying about taxes…death comes for us all.,<br />Informed Citizennoreply@blogger.com