Yesterday, I heard a commentary by a lady named Betsey Newenhuyse on Prime Time America, a program on Moody Radio that does news (and has commentaries). She started by saying that she has been watching less and less TV.
I suppose that is because there is less and less TV worth watching. I've been wondering if the commercials are right that have Alec Baldwin, and some others saying that they are aliens and they are using TV to liquify our brains. Well, not literally right, of course, but still... In one of the commercials it says TV is "slowly rotting our brains" and yet we keep watching, "but this whole slowly thing is getting to be a problem". (Yeah, I just googled that, I didn't remember the exact wording, and the ads are for HULU.)
And I am wondering why I keep watching.
Betsey N. went on to say how much she enjoyed the Ken Burns thing, (documentary series),(but I'm sure she didn't say "thing") about National Parks. I watched at least some of this program on PBS, I think it was on several days, some of it I saw twice. I thought it was good too. I'm not sure it was as good as his Civil War thing, but it was pretty good. It was interesting to learn more about John Muir a name I had heard before, and some other familiar names, such as the Sierra Club, and about Teddy Roosevelt's involvement. I wish I could remember better. I think John Muir was a Christian, anyway he quoted the Bible quite a bit. I never knew that.
Not too long before that series aired another program with Robert Redford as the host aired on PBS, called Forever Wild, a program similar in theme. It was about America's designated wilderness areas, and focused on the people who fought to get certain areas so designated. These lands are undeniably beautiful, to be included they have to be untouched, nothing man-made on them, and be deemed to be worth preserving. They had some wonderful quotes by the naturalists in both programs.
At the time I watched the Forever Wild program I was trying to write an article about "local charities" and was focused on this subject of volunteering. So I was really thinking already about people who give their time to some cause they believe in. It made me appreciate the efforts even more, I think.
I have always loved nature since I was a child. I would go walking along the creek behind our house frequently, I loved it. I was in the Girl Scouts, and my group did some hiking trips. I have continued to like hiking all of my life. I don't have anyone to walk with now or I would still be going. I used to not be afraid when I was young to walk alone, but I'm not so free about it as I was then. Anyway, I really appreciate that we do have National Parks and wilderness preserves.
I want to say more about TV rotting our brains, perhaps another post.
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