Summer Moon of the First Harvests
Who am I to judge? Out of the mouth of a Pope. Extraordinary and welcome. Can’t help but wonder what the crabbed mind of our local bishop, The Most Reverend John C. Nienstedt, makes of it. His diminished understanding of what it means to be human must be scuttling around wondering how things could change in such a short period of time.
Orcas are the largest dolphins? You probably knew this, but I didn’t. Killer whale stuck to them because some of their number hunt whales. They are versatile hunters and can exist on whatever is in plentiful. The film Blackfish and the book, Death at Seaworld, have added to the increasing criticism of keeping intelligent, social animals in captivity at all: dolphins, chimps and I imagine elephants, gorillas, orangutans, too.
