In this episode of „Country Roads”, we take a different direction than usual, and the day is on our side — blue sky, sun the whole way. Nature always seems to switch the light on when we are filming. One week has made a difference again: everything has grown, the trees are greener, some are blooming, and plenty of people have not even started mowing yet. Every season has its charm, but spring with all that green is something else. The farmers have prepared their ground; there will be potatoes here this year.
Then we hit a road works that blocks a crossing so badly that you cannot even turn around, with no room to let anyone pass. It is not about that one barrier. It is about an administration that we as a community tolerate, and that makes things impractical on purpose, to make life hard for people. Cut people off in small things and in big ones. Do not bring the fuel price down, because people are supposed to stop driving — and then nobody can run a business, nobody can supply anything. Plan the traffic so that it stands still and never look at what comes out of it. No respect, no liberty, no justice, no living, and no future for the kids.
After that it gets quiet again, and better. Because whatever is in the way, that is simply what we have to take care of, and the rest of the time we run our own lives. And there is something worth holding on to: we are part of nature on this earth and a product of it — not of Mars, not of Venus. We were born here, this is our home, and there is room enough here for all the creatures. We do not have to run away to places that do not belong to us and to which we do not belong. Someone will always offer you a ticket off the planet; we are not interested. There are so many good places on this one that you can spend a whole life finding them. There is no better place than this.
From this ride: different direction today, blocked crossing at the road works, trees greener than last week, farmers’ ground prepared, potatoes this year, blue sky the whole way.
📺 Also available on Rutube and Youtube:
https://rutube.ru/video/358fbcbefcc6b26a087a287d7590e3c9/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJGWSVTxs0Q
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