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“This little book will look at and answer some questions about whether nature (or human nature) is winning or really benefitting from all this technology…” More of a quote below:
“The nature vs. technology debate has existed for decades and takes many nuanced forms. In this book, Mathews uses broad strokes with technology, including cars, guns, phones, fossil fuels, plastics, and AI. Nature is focused both on the health of the earth and oceans as well as on the animals and humans inhabiting the earth. Through a collection of fifteen chapters, Mathews discusses some of the good and the bad, which are byproducts of both technology and the natural world. Some of her discussions involve cyber-bullying and school shootings, plastics in the ocean and the dangers to the coral reef, forever chemicals, meditation, and climate change brought on by industry and burning fuels. She has included a wide variety of resources to support her findings.
Mathews’ concise book will give readers a vast overview of many topics surfacing in this ongoing dialogue…”
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Bronze statue of Teddy Roosevelt at Rapid City, SD.
The lobby of the Best Western Ramkota Hotel and Convention Center, Rapid City.
GREAT PLAINS, GREAT EXPERIENCE OUT WEST
It looks like I am experimenting with the look of the home page and maybe these words are more readable, or maybe too spaced out. (Which do you think?)
The visit to the Great Plains of Western South Dakota, with its emphasis on the presidents and the wide open spaces (I-90 has a lot of flat land, some rolling hills) gives you some perspective on just how “big” this country is. Though I have to admit, trying to get from one end of California to the other would take, what, 12+ hours? ( AI said 2-3 hours, which is TOTALLY WRONG.)
Rapid City has only 78,000 residents and that is where we flew in from Chicago (we first had to leave from Roanoke at 7 a.m., too early for me), but there is more to Rapid City than meets the eye. A tour guide explained there were once many missiles in the region, many deposed of during the START treaty of the 1980s. But Rapid City has both a dinosaur model park and reptile reserve, as there are a lot of fossils in the region. In fact, there is a “fossil trail with fossil parts in bronze on a short trail off the “loop” drive into Badlands National Park.
But Rapid City also has another interesting attraction: statues of the presidents (see above). They are at various locations in and around Main Street and Joseph Street, and near all that is the historic Elks Theatre, around since 1925, when it was sold to the Black Hills Amusement Company. We went up to the second story for an afternoon matinee to see “Thunderbolts,” but it was like, 70 steps!
You will see many unique things close by, like the presidential trail to the Mount Rushmore presidents, the work still being done on the Crazy Horse Memorial (go to the Writer News/Ideas page to see a few photos), and the unique structures at the Badlands National Park. And take a walk in a town with only 4 streets 2 miles from the Badlands in Interior, South Dakota. We mailed some dirty laundry from their post office. The post office wanted cash, but to get in the national park you need a credit card. That is weird!
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D. J. Mathews is an author or coauthor of 4 books and working on others. She is also a freelance writer, blogger, product reviewer, and proud mother. She taught logic and writing for several years at Radford University. She is a Master Naturalist. See her humorous rants at https://medium.com/@djmathews or buy her a digital coffee for her writing or pics at https://ko-fi.com/naturelover2
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