Jack Burns Lives!

So much for my western travel plans. This week I find yet another reason to stay put.
Pig farms may be the source of swine flu but human travel is what spreads it around the world, especially air travel.
Living in place combats the spread of disease.

“We need wilderness because we are wild animals. Every man needs a place where he can go to go crazy in peace. Every Boy Scout deserves a forest to get lost, miserable, and starving in. Even the maddest murderer of the sweetest wife should get a chance for a run to the sanctuary of the [...]

At first, the sound is faint. Traveling through his single exposed ear, through the tympanic membrane, the vibrating sound then passes the malleus, incus, stapes and on to the cochlea, the auditory nerve and finally the brain. The miracle of hearing, even in the clutches of sleep.
purdy, purdy, purdy
wheet, wheet, wheet
and then a distinctive
qui-qui-qui-qui-qui-qui-qui
Punctuating the [...]