A while back, someone destroyed one of the forts I built and left the following note behind in my fort message box:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There’s enough<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n structures in the<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n world without you<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n also adding structures at<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n an undeveloped beach. I<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n enjoy undoing your work<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n every night.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n At the time, I didn’t know how to\nrespond, but mulled over the various possibilities:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Don’t respond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Build another fort and see what\nhappens. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n Build a fort and stake it out, wait for\nhim. Gather more intelligence. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n Leave a message behind asking for a\nparley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Leave an essay behind that shares my\nphilosophy about fort building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Leave a note behind saying he’s one in\na million who hates my forts. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n Leave a sentence behind asking why he’s\nso angry at a corral fort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Leave an invitation behind asking for a\nlonger explanation for his hostility toward the fort. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n Leave him a screed that rips his\nwrongheadedness about forts. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n Challenge to him some kind of duel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Set up a booby trap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A week or so ago, I built a new fort\nnot far from where the destroyed once stood. I left behind a note\n(see graphic) inside a container. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n I returned to the fort three days later\nand it had collapsed in a manner inconsistent with a collapse caused\nby winds or tides. (I know about these things.) I opened the\ncontainer but couldn’t tell if the note had been read or not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now what? Do I continue to invite\nreflection and reconsideration? Do I give up? Do I put my fort energy\nelsewhere? \n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A while back, someone destroyed one of the forts I built and left the following note behind in my fort message box: There’s enough structures in the world without you also adding structures at an undeveloped beach. I enjoy undoing your work every night. At the time, I didn’t know how to respond, but mulled […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5089,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,10,12],"tags":[325,739],"class_list":["post-5088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-driftwood-forts","category-meditations","category-oregon-beaches","tag-driftwood-forts","tag-oregon-beaches","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"builder_content":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5088\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}