Eric Dinger of Powderhook writes an important message here: In his timeless 1949 classic, A Sand County...

Eric Dinger of Powderhook writes an important message here: In his timeless 1949 classic, A Sand County Almanac, Aldo Leopold famously wrote, "There are two spiritual dangers in not owning a farm. One is the danger of supposing that breakfast comes from the grocery, and the other that heat comes from the furnace." I recently came across a video that highlights a very real fear I have for my kids - the danger Leopold prophesied over 65 years ago.My teenage daughter is a pretty normal 15 year-old kid. At any moment she s a monster cookie of sweet and salty, wit and sarcasm, delightfulness and delinquency. Monster cookies are wonderful, if not unpredictable. But, this cookie comes with one constant: her phone. My goodness she loves her phone. It s more than a communication device; it s her hobby, her companion and her lifeline to the minute-by-minute updates she holds so dear.Generational differences aside, her compulsion for omni-connectedness worries me. Perhaps ironically, it s my pe
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