How many of us, at one time or another, have participated in a family photo? Perhaps we are not as different from our animal friends as we think

These photos come from Tom Sears, forwarded to me by a mutual friend, and are taken one year apart in northern New Hampshire. Evidently, for a black bear to have five healthy cubs is extraordinary. And for a single photographer to be able to capture these shots of animals living in the wild is equally amazing.

When  something as magical as this happens between man and animal, Native Americans say:
“We have walked  together in the shadow of a rainbow.”

A final thought. Here is a paragraph from a book I read recently, called
A Language Older Than Words
Derrick Jensen. I think it must be one of the most beautiful paragraphs I have ever read. See if you agree.

“As is true for most children, when I was young I heard the world speak. Stars sang. Stones had preferences. Trees had bad days. Toads held lively discussions, crowed over a good day’s catch. Like static on a radio, schooling and other forms of socialization began to interfere with my perception of the animate world, and for a number of years I almost believed that only humans spoke.”

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