| ...city people shut themselves off from the processes of nature. They have air conditioning, central heating, eat hothouse vegetables, decorate with forced flowers, and even send their cats to a veterinarian to have kittens. The result is that when nature does assert itself -- when illness, pain, and death loom over their petty barriers -- your city dwellers are surprised and annoyed. Their attitude seems to say, "This is all a mistake and tomorrow it will be over" -- as though it were as simple as turning on a radiator to make a room warmer. - Joseph A. Jerger, M.D.  | |