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Cemetery Worker

6/17/2021

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"Cemetery Worker" - pen and ink on paper, 16 x 11.  W.I.P.

Well, let me tell you, ants are the dominant insects. They make up as much as a quarter of the biomass of all insects in the world. They are the principal predators. They're the cemetery workers. - E.O. WILSON


And so it begins.

A new project with a loooooooooong lead time, but every good thing requires a first step.  This one demanded an ant.

I have a fondness for ants.  Partly due to E.O. Wilson's study of and appreciation for them, but also because, for most of my life, I have been the proverbial ant. 

Thinking ahead, planning and preparing for and working toward....something, always.
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Cemetery Worker
And my ant-ness has provided many good and steady things over my lifetime.  But it has left me with a shortage of naps in the sunshine (or the rain) wandering about, goofing off and giddiness, daydreaming and meandering.  I wholeheartedly embrace the rebalancing of Lola.  More naps, please.

Now Wonder Mike says I've become waaaaaaaaay too grasshopper-y in my embracing of the opposite end of insect fableness.  And he reminds me there has not been a reader giveaway in a good long while.  So leave a comment below - what is your experience with ant-ness and/or grasshopper-ness?  One lucky reader (to be chosen by Wonder Mike, of course) will receive an original piece of art.  Yahoo!
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Susan McClellan
6/17/2021 01:13:33 pm

OOOOO...can't wait to see what happens with this....keep on working!! Susan

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Lola
6/17/2021 02:23:59 pm

Susan! Yahoooooooo! Thanks for your comment! I will. And for loving Robert Pricklepin, who secretly has a HUGE crush on you. xo

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susan
6/17/2021 01:15:30 pm

ps....so in love with Robert Pricklepin!!

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Carol Edan link
6/19/2021 01:19:19 am

Maybe I also am an ant! Can one be allergic to oneself? Maybe that's the key!
Have been twice in ER because of ants.... also have an Epi!

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Lola/Jen
6/20/2021 02:13:51 pm

Carol! holy ant bites batman! Being allergic to oneself....whoa. More grasshopper days for YOU, dear friend! And thanks SO much for commenting!!!

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