Working the Farm

Rusty Alderson
11 min readOct 14, 2018
Photo by Richard Bell on Unsplash

“So, what makes us different?” Brenda asked.

“Communication,” Alan said. “God gave us two things he didn’t give to any other animal species — the ability to reason and the ability to communicate with others of our species.” Brenda and her brother, Alan were debating mankind’s place in the universe as they worked on their chores.

“You gonna tell me that Shake and Ivan can’t communicate?” Brenda answered…

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Rusty Alderson

Retired technologist — eschewing cubicles; habitual observer; perpetual student; philosopher; poet; essayist; advocate for nature and wilderness.