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John Rattue's avatar

Utterly fascinating! And I’d have handed over the cash for that VW Beetle almost instantly

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Christopher Brown's avatar

Thanks, John! I went back to take a closer look at that beach buggy. The undercarriage was seriously corroded, and I don't currently have the extra bandwidth to care for an old car. But what a beautiful thing to see.

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John Rattue's avatar

I might not have gotten out my wallet immediately either, ha ha. I know they rust terribly from the bottom up, but I can’t help loving them nonetheless

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Heidi McHugh's avatar

Lovely. Thank you.

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Christopher Brown's avatar

Thank you for reading!

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Jill Swenson's avatar

Can't stop thinking about those harvest ants and the "ant doctor" who prescribes them for a vision quest. The visceral response I had to reading that passage is something I can't quite shake! Wow.

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Christopher Brown's avatar

Right? It was an astonishing thing to come across in my feed, and even trippier after I read the paper. Thanks as always for reading.

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Linda Bacon's avatar

Sheer delight, so much I have never known before, for example: how about those harvest ants! Thanks too for your description of the family gathering at the end. Choked me up too.

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Christopher Brown's avatar

Thank you so much!

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