The Omnivorous Fish

argggg….I just spent all weekend being cranky from slogging thru articles and video on Monsanto with their GMO seeds and petrochemicals AND their ties to the Clintons. Our world is in a sad sad state.

That’s why I don’t want to reproduce!!!

“That’s why I don’t want to reproduce.”

It’s a tough call, Joe. When I was nineteen, working as an art aide in San Diego schools, I announced that I only wanted to adopt children. I called it “recycling”: wasn’t I clever and forward-thinking? (This was the nineteenth century, after all.)

And then one teacher put a seed in my brain: “If all the intelligent people stop having children, then what are we leaving to future generations?”

So I had my one child—not out of a plan or desire, but simple acceptance of the pregnancy, because she clearly wanted to be born—and then I helped raise others: two stepdaughters and now the grandson who immediately embraced you (and my friend, Simon) into his heart.

You don’t know what karma (not good/bad, just the wheel) awaits these children, honey. But go ahead, don’t have a baby. Oprah’s had enough pregnant men for one week.

: D

Thanks for linking to my words: I love you and look forward to your next visit. Hopefully the garden will be popping.