I think about that stuff Lizzie when I am writing. Grew up in the country we had the whole mountains and forests as our play ground. Everything today is just so rush ... you are correct ... Wasn't it Thoreau that said keep all our accounts on our thumbnail ...I think that is why I like the old music so much. It is simple yet has a meaning to it that is lost in most modern music ... doesn't bring the simple thoughts to my mind so it doesn't really appeal to me much. Yet an old ballad or cowboy song really gets to me. Listening to Frank Hamilton's ballads and Art Thieme's music all day at work Friday - each song is just moving to my ears because of the beauty in the simplicity of the words and the guitar. I guess that is why I love Folk music