We ran out of water today
Aug. 21st, 2011 04:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dryadgrlWe ran out of water today.
I'm in Oregon, on land with a well for a few days. There's not enough water to sustain us today which is intense for me. As someone with resources we could go buy it or get it from the well in town, but it makes me conscious of the fact that our water comes from the earth and it's different in different seasons and different places. I know that somewhere in my head, but it's not something I usually think about day to day.
I didn't shower today which is rare for me as someone who comes from a city and who goes to a city for work most days - there's a standard that's expected, there are Things that need to be done to maintain social mores. There was no water from the tap for flushing toilets or showers or cooking. Those Things just happen living where I live that do not happen when you live on land where the well has run dry.
I wonder what would happen if we decided that we would only use local water? How would that change where we live, what we do and who we are?
I'm in Oregon, on land with a well for a few days. There's not enough water to sustain us today which is intense for me. As someone with resources we could go buy it or get it from the well in town, but it makes me conscious of the fact that our water comes from the earth and it's different in different seasons and different places. I know that somewhere in my head, but it's not something I usually think about day to day.
I didn't shower today which is rare for me as someone who comes from a city and who goes to a city for work most days - there's a standard that's expected, there are Things that need to be done to maintain social mores. There was no water from the tap for flushing toilets or showers or cooking. Those Things just happen living where I live that do not happen when you live on land where the well has run dry.
I wonder what would happen if we decided that we would only use local water? How would that change where we live, what we do and who we are?
