* Gaian Allergies

Planets have allergies, too.The early morning radio headline news had the obligatory annual note on spring allergies, followed by reports of weird weather in California and Texas. . . . Well, planets have allergies, too; in reaction to certain irritants (including humankind), they suffer from sneezing, and from itching, burning, watery eyes.

Quot. of the Day:

"There is a separation that has taken place between us and nature. Something has broken deep in the core of ourselves. . . . The result is a spiritual fragmentation that has accompanied our ecological destruction."
    --Linda Hogan