The Mountain And The Squirrel
By Ralph Waldo Emerson
The mountain and the squirrel
Had a quarrel,
And the former called the latter
"Little prig."
Bun replied,
"You are doubtless very big;
But all sorts of things and weather
Must be taken in together
To make up a year
And a sphere.
And I think it no disgrace
To occupy my place.
If I'm not so large as you,
You are not so small as I,
And not half so spry:
I'll not deny you make
A very pretty squirrel track.
Talents differ; all is well and wisely put;
If I cannot carry forests on my back,
Neither can you crack a nut."
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It was a very dark and gloomy Wednesday, but I had a nice, social afternoon without ever leaving the house. All of my high school friends were around to chat at lunchtime (well, except Google Meet kept freezing and at various times kicked us off, ultimately not letting me back on), and I watched the beginning of The Two Towers with Kristen, though we started late because I lost track of time since it had looked like evening all day long.
Paul and I had sausages for dinner, watched this week's National Treasure: The Edge of History which I really enjoy but wish would have worked a little harder to be internally consistent, then we started watching Kindred now that Verizon is giving us Hulu. It's one of my favorite books, and the adaptation definitely changes and flattens some things in the first episode, but I will give it a few more. Meanwhile, a backyard squirrel fling:
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