KENNEBEC JOURNAL • December 14, 2022
I am writing to express my deep appreciation for Dana Wilde’s Backyard Naturalist column. In his brilliant essay, “A Letter from the Future,” Wilde imagines his grandson writing in the calamitous mid century, just 35 years from now. He describes in devastating detail the ruined Maine we must expect unless we immediately curb the mindless consumption that is killing the hope of the next generations for the quality of life we take for granted. Ignoring the crisis ensures disaster, but there is hope in words that inspire us to act and in every action, large or small, that we take. ~ Sarah Reid, Augusta