November 3, 2000
a strange way to relate to
nature
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We
were treated to a pretty good sunrise this morning.
After several days of unseasonably warm weather, it has
turned noticeably cooler.
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| I was awakened at 05:45 this
morning by the screaming sounds of a couple of free-ranging domestic outdoor
cats trying to iron out their differences. I usually work until
01:00 in the morning, so the noise wasn't much appreciated.
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We finished raking the leaves earlier
this week, but the wind keeps blowing new ones into the resort from
the neighbor's yard. The few leaves that happen to blow into
the resort are not a big deal. It's
definitely not worth building a fence to keep them out. A
fence might work, but it would also destroy the endangered Up
North ambience we are working so hard to preserve and protect in
the Au Train area and especially here at Dana's Lakeside Resort.
I thought a hand-painted sign with
"Hey Leaves, Keep Out!" on it might work, but I write so
small that I didn't
think the leaves would be able to read it. Next,
I thought about making an international sign with a picture of a
maple leaf and a diagonal line going across the leaf. A few
moments of reflection convinced me that this was not a good
idea. It might be misinterpreted by our good neighbors in the
Great White North.
In these politically correct times,
it's important for me to say that we love Canadians here at
Dana's. My Great Grandmother had some French Canadian blood
coursing through her veins. Heck, even some of my best friends are Canadian.
:-)
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"I used to have a certain interest in hunting, but as I grew older it
seemed a strange way to relate to nature. What I mean is, a man goes
into the external world, and all he can do with it is to shoot it?
It doesn't make sense. So in October when the season starts and the
gunsmoke pours out of the bushes and the animals panic and run back and
forth, I go out and pinch the hunters for shooting on my posted property.
I take them to the Justice of the Peace and he fines them."
- From Saul Bellow, "Henderson the Rain King"
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