Marcos tu m’as enlev\u00e9 les mots de la bouche. Samedi on a fait un tour en voiture avec Isabelle William Rubel, l’incroyable cuisinier et conteur (vous pouvez voir son site : http:\/\/www.williamrubel.com\/).
\nJe lui disais justement que cet arri\u00e8re pays (pas encore la montagne mais des grandes collines velout\u00e9es de diff\u00e9rents verts \u00e9clatants) me faisaient penser \u00e0\u00a0 Asturias. Les couleurs surtout, car par rapport \u00e0\u00a0 celles que nous avons vu, les vall\u00e9es Asturiennes sont plus encaiss\u00e9es, plus violentes. Ici, il y a tellement de place. Tu as raison c’est vraiment \u00e7a, Asturias en mas grande.
\nMais cette ressemblance ne survira pas l’\u00e9t\u00e9, en tout cas de ce c\u00f4t\u00e9 de la Californie, \u00e0\u00a0 ce que l’on dit \u00e0\u00a0 la mi-juin, les herbes basses qui couvrent les collines et tapissent les for\u00eats deviennent jaunes, s\u00e8ches, des proies faciles pour les incendies. Alors il faudra peut-\u00eatre faire un rituel, comme ceux que font Starhawk et ses ami-e-s au Nord de San Francisco, pour rendre gr\u00e2ce au feu sacr\u00e9, et chanter :<\/p>\n
Sacred fire that shapes this land,
\nSummer teacher, winter friend,
\nProtect us as we learn anew
\nTo work, to heal, to live with you.
\nGreen, green crown
\nRoots underground
\nKissed by fire,
\nStill growing higher.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe live with the constant risk of fire, and also with the knowledge that our land need fire, craves free. This land is a fire ecology. All the trees in it evolved in association with forest fires. The redwoods, with their thick, spongy bark, withstand fire. The madrones and bay laurels and tanoaks resprout from root crowns to survive fire. Fire once kept the meadows open, providing habitat for deer and their predators, coyote and cougar. Fire kept the underbrush down, favouring the big trees and reducing disease. The Pomo, the first people on this land, burned it regularly to keep it healthy. As a result, the forest floor was kept open, the fuel load was reduced, and fires were low and relatively cool. But now the woods are dense with shrubby regrowth, the grasses tall and dry. A fire would not be cool and restorative, but a major inferno<\/i>“.<\/p>\n
The Earth Path, Starhawk, 2005.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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