LIFE LESSONS

Returning to the Deep End

How many times should we be rescued?

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The plot of land that we care for is a little over an acre — low-lying land with big trees, close to a large creek, and across from a 40-acre park. (I can’t bear to say “own,” because who can actually own land? We live there and care for it…and, you know, pay the taxes.) Daily, we encounter all kinds of wildlife…