Acheron

acheron

Day 12 of posting that I don't like Biden but will be voting for him because:

Voting for Trump or not voting (which is probably also voting for Trump) because you're mad that you don't have better options = getting so absorbed in your own rage that you're willing to risk other people's lives and rights just to make a point.

Take that rage and run for local office. Take that rage and fight with the Democratic party to change it. Take that rage and turn it into action that helps people. And to everyone who says there's no point to any of that: The world only changes if we try. The world definitely doesn't change if we don't try.

(You nod furiously.)

I don't mean it in a creepy way I promise, but I feel a kinship with China, Japan and Korea i wish more people from my region shared, because...we have sister ecosystems!

It's actually amazing, there are so many plant genera that are not closely related to anything else and just have a couple living species: One (or two) from mid latitude Southeast Asia, and one from the Southeastern USA.

For example, the two living lotus species (sacred lotus and American lotus), the two living tulip tree/ Liriodendron species, the Chinese and American sweetgums (Liquidambar spp.) the Chinese and American trumpet vines (Campsis spp.) the Chinese, Japanese and American wisteria (Wisteria spp), the Chinese, Taiwan and American sassafras (Sassafras spp.) I KNOW i'm forgetting many of them because there are so many. Twins!!!!

And there's so many iconic plant groups shared in common between East Asia and SE USA. Like dogwoods, magnolias, rhododendrons, we even have our own bamboo!!!

I think a lot of how strangely familiar each ecosystem would feel to someone visiting from the other one.

And I bet there's a lot of ecological knowledge and insights we could share with each other...

Sister ecosystems...

“Hidden troves full of treasure and strange relics…uncharted territories veiled in darkness…and new lands just waiting to be discovered!”

a piece for my favorite game!