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Sunset over Riverbend Ponds Natural Area

Walt Whitman wrote over 150 years ago in his book Leaves of Grass that the United States: is not merely a nation but a teeming nation of nations. It seems like a good question to ask ourselves: How well does each of us hold to the idea we are a nation of nations? It’s also interesting that the first word in our Constitution is we. Which leads to another question: how and who defines “we”? Yes, I’m a thinkin and asking questions again this morning. Hoping you have a wonderful weekend!

Retired. Having fun with photography. Journal daily. Meditate daily. Learning haiku/poetry. Have a love for fountain pens.

4 Comments

  • Joe

    I always remember this quote by Shelby Foote from the Ken Burns “Civil War” series:

    “Before the war it was always the United States *are*, after the war it was the United States is… it made us an is.”

  • Tom Dills

    Too easily we forget this ours is a nation of immigrants. Those who seek to change that are short-sighted. We as a country need to do a better job of allowing those who wish access to do so legally. Yes, there are those who we should not welcome, but we don’t need a wall as much as we need a government willing to permit and properly fund the process. Ooooh, stepping pretty close to that political precipice, sorry. 🙁

    Lovely photograph, by the way…. 🙂

    • Monte Stevens

      Short-sighted is a good word. I also see it as self-centeredness. I’m leery of how we can effectively decide who we should or should not welcome. I am bothered by those who are violent and hateful about it when in reality we are are immigrants.