Furr Lake
I am concerned about the world as a whole. In fact, it would actually be the human race I worry most about. We’ve mistakenly concluded that mankind is a superior animal. We are most definitely not. While bees go on building their utopian hives, humans fuss and fight for unnecessary caches of more-than-enough. As far as I can tell, it is already too late for us to recognize the problem with this picture. I myself live in a house that suits my needs four times over. The two people who live here have four automobiles to our name. There are four queen-sized beds here, and each bedroom is equipped with its own en suite. Yes, we are humans and we have somehow fallen into the trap of extravagance. Like a couple of beavers who would back up the town’s river in order to have the most superior pond in which to swim, I am afraid we have all chosen to go too far. This is the human condition. At some point, one’s web becomes another’s nuisance. Like the invasive Joro Spider, we’ve found n...
