Our self conception is very important. The way we understand ourselves as a species here on this planet the who we are and the why we are here, our overall sense of how we human beings fit into the whole cosmic scheme of things matters enormously. Whether it is subconscious or conscious, accurat .
At a Fort Worth pond, I seek turtles. Red-eared sliders and flat gray pancakes of spiny softshells plop into the water when I’m too close. I do not want to disturb them sunning themselves, gathering heat into their scales. Reptiles are cold-blooded, a phrase connotative with emotionless psychopaths, though a more