Joni Mitchell said it best: “Don’t it always seem to go that you don’t know what you got ’til it’s gone.  They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.”

Now Bel Air, Maryland may not be paradise material, but it sure is becoming quite the paved piece of earth.  And I am missing the green. Apparently, a row of trees lining the highways is just enough green; it’s not like oxygen is necessary or anything.

The good news is there is another blessed Walgreen’s. Obviously, the environment is worth giving up for a convenience store, because six or so in one town is never enough.

The recent construction at Constant Friendship is just as disturbing.  One can now see from the town homes to Wal-Mart, and everything in between.  Lines of cars, smoking trucks, and, maybe a patch of grass here and there – no, wait, looks like that’s just a green plastic bag.

I guess it was just me who’s been hearing the relentless efforts of the green movement.  Sorry, guys, but it seems your work has been in vain.  Sure, someone somewhere recycled for a day, but still destruction, parading as construction, continues.

Now, don’t get me wrong, paved roads are nice.  I’m not in favor of returning to horse-drawn carriages and dirt paths (though that does seem quite nostalgic, no?).  I simply wish that Harford County could explore an avenue of moderation, of doing the necessary, but still keeping the nice, the green.