The Enthusiast by Brad Montague

The Enthusiast by Brad Montague

The Dumpster Fire and the Garden

a little fable that continues to help me find my way

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Brad Montague
Feb 01, 2024
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Calling something a ‘dumpster fire’ has become pretty commonplace.

Entire years (2020) and categories (politics) have been overwhelmingly declared dumpster fires. People and places have been dismissed entirely as nothing but this. This usage of dumpster fire has even found its way into the dictionary:

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