MORNING SENTINEL • May 26, 2021
Although Thoreau loved nature, he also had no delusion about it being benign. One of his many neglected points is that people must carve a middle ground between the enlivening aspects of civilization and the fatal wilderness. Human life is lived between these two worlds, where we make clearings — physical, aesthetic and moral. I love the bluets and the tall timothy and rye grasses. But if I don’t make it hard for the mosquitoes by mowing the grass, they will innocently do their best to kill me. ~ Dana Wilde