30 October

Saw a farmer accidentally give the explanation for the drought yesterday. He said people had 'de-coupled' water from the land. He believed water rights mean that somebody far away can buy water that flows right past your front door, which you can't touch. It's not quite what he intended (he was still separating land and water), but I think this is why we have droughts, because we separate land and water in our thinking. We think water falls out of the sky, onto our land.