Last class we discussed the sandhill crane because of its long history, so during the Dillard reading I was happy to see a section on monarch butterflies. Their history is noted in this quote from Pilgrim at Tinker Creek: “Each successive swarm repeats this mysterious dogleg movement, year after year. Entomologists actually think that the butterflies might be “remembering” the position of a long-gone, looming glacier.” (258)

I am convinced that butterflies, let alone most species, can see and feel a history that we cannot. The monarchs and cranes could easily achieve a Story of Place assignment.

The pond metaphors-too great to note all (seasons, man, gun firer), but here is a passage that I enjoyed from Spring in Walden: “The pond began to boom about an hour after sunrise, when it felt the influence of the sun’s rays slanted upon it from over the hills; it stretched itself and yawned like a waking man with a gradually increasing tumult, which was kept up three or four hours.” (326)