After some work in South Bend, I made a stop at Potato Creek State Park for a quick run. In the car I had been listening to David Wallace-Wells's book The Uninhabitable Earth describing the potential future impacts of climate change, so getting out in nature for a bit was what I needed. I was reminded of Wendell Berry's poem The Peace of Wild Things, which has been hanging on our refrigerator for years. It was cold (20 degrees) and ice was forming at the edge of the lakes and creeks. I parked at the Nature Center and ventured out on Trails 1 and 2, a 3.6-mile loop in all. The trail wound through the woods and along a lake, with several steep climbs including up Vargo Hill (elevation 885), the highest point in the park. Great trails - cold air - two swans on the lake - two friendly hikers. Got back in the work Corolla and continued grappling with the fate of the planet.
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