A Little Less Wild

For years the parcel behind our house has been vacant. We came to think of it as ours, even though we knew it wasn't, and knew that someday it would get built on. That's now happened. Although mostly I think that people should be able to do whatever they want to do with their property, and although I don't begrudge the new owner the right to build on a parcel he paid a lot of money for ... still, it's a little sad that what was an open meadow, where deer, wild turkeys, and even the rare coyotes lived, will be turned into another house. Little by little, the world becomes a little less wild.