Assignment Questions

A child is pure, as an adult I have a pang of jealousy towards them because they can not see past nap time, they don't have a fear of whats to come with the future or have been tainted by life. They find joy in the ribbon on the gift, and toss the gift aside, they believe in the fat man dressed in red who brings those gifts, they believe that money is easy to come by....just leave your tooth under the pillow, or set up a lemonade stand on the sidewalk....#3.50!!! "We're Rich!" A child is a parents true love.

A book is an escape from life, whether that is a good escape or a torturous escape is up to the reader. A book is a way of life, the key to knowledge and power, and also a weakness if you spend all your life in books, you will never experience the real world around you. Shiny and new, or binding broke and pages wrinkled with the tears it caused, or the water from the tub as is slipped from your fingers....or spilled coffee because you have not slept in two days because it's finals week, a book is open until it is closed.

Nature is......nature. It is the open, the wild and also in a sense the tame, not to the civilized world is it tame, but it is tame in the sense that that is all there ever was, people in nature, they went hand in hand. It is outside, natural, trees and animals, birds and beasts, a night of bad sleep from rolling around in poison ivy with Spot, itchy legs from being eaten alive by giant mosquitoes.....waking with the fresh air, standing, and looking at the amazing view that is painted before you, with the big sky in all its glory, the snow tipped mountains, and the river water so clear you can see the fish. Nature is happiness, peacefulness, its terrifying, and awe inspiring.....a connection to the greater being that is earth.