Notes on Nature

 Notes on Nature #9

I remember the killer bees from Africa. But I like honeybees. They picked the hexagon, the perfect form to stack and to fill with honey. They know how to communicate, and they have a society that gets the job done. And long ago they had the wisdom to put a female in charge.

Notes on Nature #10

Take your basic skeleton. Tweak it over time. You get wolves, elephants, ferrets, cats, you, your grandmother. The individual bones-- strong, light and elegantly shaped--fit together beautifully and efficiently. “Bony” should be a complement. Bones tell stories, both personal and universal. They lay quietly in their graves, waiting to be of help.