In A Train Carriage, Going Nowhere (31: River)
from In A Train Carriage, Going Nowhere Hosted by Storyteller Spinks
"But this all begs the question: must we just get used to catastrophe? Is it now time to accept the fact that all our landmarks are out of whack, that our life with the world is turning out all wrong? Must we get used to uncertainty, chaos, a future defined by fires and floods? What do we do when the river raves, sky is screaming, and country has curled its lip at us?" Sometimes the river murmurs, sometimes it raves. I have spent much of the past summer alongside waterways, thinking of their secrets and mysteries, and the shelter they give various animals and swimmers. But I have also had to reflect that rivers give us a sense of the uncertainty of the future.
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