A Wish for 2001 & Beyond

It has been estimated that a McDonald's ketchup pak equals the weight of about three Hummingbirds. These beautiful "little atoms of bird life" ¹ are tigers that directly face hurricanes, forest fires, drought, predation, despoilation of the environment and whatever comes, as it comes -- without benefit of Red Cross, National Guard, or rescue service.

Let's take a lesson from this "Can Do" little creature. Let's rejoice at the spirit of "the least of these"; try to be as big; and walk a little more modestly with Nature.

1. T. Gilbert Pearson, editor-in-chief, Birds of America, Garden City, New York: Garden City Publishing Company, Inc. 1917; 1936), page183.