In case you’re wondering why I haven’t posted on my https://www.extremophilechoice.com/ blog lately, it’s not because I’ve lost interest in species conservation, rewilding, or looking at any other issues through the lens of Natural History. I just don’t have anything to say lately that I haven’t already said in these pages. I know most blogs (ones that are not dedicated to finding lessons in “timeless” Natural History) are committed to feeding a news hungry world. But “news” is a relative term isn’t it? After all, if you haven’t read my https://www.extremophilechoice.com/ posts yet, then even some of the older ones might be news to you. So please read any one of my past posts and, with your help in the comments, maybe I’ll get inspired to respond.
I’m not young anymore, and I no longer seem to have the capacity to express my thoughts to faceless readers (seven and a half decades will erode away that level of ego, at least in my case). I’m at that age I guess when most of the time remaining to me is focused on “other beings”; especially beings that still play and grow, such as unspoiled children, non-human animals, and plants with strange but consistent ecological missions.
Human beings (that is when childhood is not wholly abandoned) are a special case. We are a unique non-coevolving species, wherein the natural act of playing, and the natural result of growing, mean asking verbal questions that have never been asked before. So I would still love to hear from you — the human animals who understand the profound ecological divarication, and consequent responsibility, of our speci-al case.
Thank you for being part of the conversation.
Ken Christenson.
