In context of the blog ref. to be added: capitalism destroys communities ( and soon after – all life on the planet)

Even if there were no supply and pollution problems with using oil powered transport, we would still have to reduce it considerably to recover healthy communities. – That is thriving communities – where people work together more, know each other better and are more mutually supportive. More self sufficient communities, with a variety of skills and projects means less travel or transport is necessary; they are also more interesting, stimulating (in good ways) and safe for everyone, especially for children growing up. They engender more empathy with others, more affinity with place, more appreciation of the abundance of nature, and more awareness of how we have to work sustainably with nature to provide for ourselves. Too much centralization of production and services, and living too far away to walk or cycle to work and to recreational areas, is unhealthy 'physically' and 'psychologically'. It erodes and suffocates our personal health, it breaks up families, it breaks up communities, it breaks up our sense of unity with nature - it wastes time. We have to reclaim all the richness and joy of sharing the experience of life.

It is understandable that someone coming home in a car – or in any other transport, after a days work and a tiring and probably stressful journey both ways (on their own probably) will get out of the car or etc, go straight into the house and collapse. It takes a big part in the interrelating causes why people often don't even know their nearest neighbors very well, and have no energy for making a beautiful garden, for instance. How lovely it is to stop and pass the time of day with someone who really cares about us – and who we really care about – and to make a real home – to help to make a good place to live. There is an art to friendship that we don't get to practice enough. Going out on a Friday night and getting hammered as soon as possible is not it.

a touch of dylan

go out

in car

go work

get paid

fill car

go back

(in car)

get in

eat food

go out

get drunk

get laid

maybe,

don't remember

get dead

is that it?

no wonder the vandals took the handle

                         at least it's a bit of a larf