Subject: Re: Purple Loosestrife
Date: Jun 7 22:35:32 1995
From: Russell Rogers - rrogers


>From Russell Rogers, Seattle WA, rrogers at halcyon.com

Even though I curse the stuff every time I get out in it, get it's gooy
sap all over me and binouclars, those big yellow fields of Scot's broom
sure are pretty, and so is Purple Loosestrife, and so are Starlings. I
was never so happy as when I was living in Rome, Italy, and could finally
admite to liking Starlings and House Sparrows. I like all of gods little
creatures, as long as they are where god flung them.

Russell

On Wed, 7 Jun 1995, Dennis Paulson wrote:

> Michael likes PL honey; why not? Something that beautiful should taste good.
>
> I've said it before, and I'll say it again about every living organism:
> they're not evil, they just are. Remember, folks, purple loosestrife is
> just an actor who has been thrust into playing the part of the bad guy by,
> guess who, human casting directors. If we'd left it alone, it would still
> be a marsh plant present in its appropriate habitat in appropriate numbers
> just doin' its thing.
>
> Dennis Paulson, Director phone: (206) 756-3798
> Slater Museum of Natural History fax: (206) 756-3352
> University of Puget Sound e-mail: dpaulson at ups.edu
> Tacoma, WA 98416
>
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