We are what we eat...

 

 

In many ways, people do not understand the implications of what they eat. The foods that people consume have long lasting results. What goes in will emerge out..

You have to understand three words that sum up the entire animal kingdoms:

Carnivore, Herbivore, Omnivore

The best way to understand this is to refer to a brilliant movie: Jurassic Park 

Sam Neill was the actor who tied the events all together as Dr. Alan Grant, a world famous expert on most things Jurassic related. Through out the movie, he rescues the grandchildren of the park's creator and leads the humans to safety.

Against what? Vicious meat eaters...carnivores. 

 

about 3 min. long

Then there are the...herbivores. 

Then there are the...omnivores....

There are no examples in Jurassic Park of omnivores.  At least not living.

Why did I write this particular post?

Sam Neill died this last week of pneumonia following a rare form of blood cancer called angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma. His death saddened all who were familiar with his films.  

Jurassic Park was so important, more than he could know. 1993 was a groundbreaking movie for many experiences. (Spielberg) The main reason was the character Dr. Alan Grant who was an expert on dinosaurs and the key to the success of this movie.  Just watch the film. You will be drawn to Sam Neill. He is riveting. 

 

                                   

After this had been posted, I made some real technical errors which basically almost wiped it all clean.  I have just spent a lot of time, some tears, and tense moments involving some profanity trying to re-post. 

The original posting was absolutely brilliant, cohesive, and pithy.  

 

Nature will not be denied

"Nature will not be denied..."

Years ago, maybe even fifteen years, we watched “Jurassic Park” with great enthusiasm.  The cast had Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Sir Richard Attenborough, and Jeff Goldblum, along with equally strong actors whose names I can’t recall.  This was awesome in my thinking from the idea that the very big past could somehow be revived.  The stellar quote was from Jeff Goldblum:  “Nature will not be denied.”

While these references seem to be an awkward writing intro that segues into the prime topic, I find it truly appropriate to the subject.

Before my family went on a 5 day trip, I tended to my plans.  One plant in particular had gotten sassy and was sending out runners to seek out new homes.   

You're going into time-out, fella.

This is its way of propagating, since it does not have a sex life of which I am aware.  I had to get nasty with it, and cut off those randy runners.  I am not heartless or wasteful, and I put the runners in water so they could establish roots.   They would find a new planter and a new home in the future.

I returned and checked on my plants.  This aggressive mean-spirited plant had sneaked a runner underneath and through another plant, to wheedle its way into a third plant’s home.  

 WELL, I said.  WELL.  And, not only that, a lonely leaf that had been lying in the sink for six days without water was quite happily green and hearty, creating its only little water seeking root.  WELL.

Lecturing the plant on etiquette and personal space, I trimmed off the plant’s 2 ½ foot runner, plopped some in rooting glasses, and threw away a long stretch of the 
vine. 

In the process, I discovered one root that had stretched out so far, all of eight and one-quarter inches.  These guys are dangerous.

I will have to keep a daily watch on these plants, and give most of them away.  I will go out at night, and set them on a door stoop.  The pots are very nice, but this is a necessary sacrifice.