Margulis, Lynn and Dorion Sagan, Dazzle Gradually - Reflections on the
Nature of Nature. White River Junction, Vermont: Chelsea Green
Publishing, c. 2007.
        "For as long as I can remember, when someone asked me what I
wanted to be when I grew up, I answered, 'An explorer and a writer.'
Explorer of what? As a child, I didn't know: undersea cities, African
jungle pyramids, unmapped tropical islands, polar caves. 'Whatever
will need exploring,' I said without hesitation." p.3. "We are
recombinations of the metabolic processes of bacteria that appeared
during the accumulation of atmospheric oxygen some two thousand
million years ago. We tend to separate ourselves from the rest of
life, yet without the others, especially the microbial others, we
would sink in our feces, drown in our urine, and choke in the carbon
dioxide we exhale." p.35.
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I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to
humans ("pure habitat"). Want to help? (I spent the previous 8
years fighting auto dependence and road construction.)

Please don't put a cell phone next to any part of your body that you are fond of!

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