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Nature Has Not Been Cancelled

Published: March 31, 2020, 10 a.m.

This is not about the deer I just saw on my afternoon walk on a hillside not far from my house. Two does. This is not about how beautiful they were, silhouetted against the still-leafless trees and enveloped in a mist turning to fog. This is not about their long slender legs, the arched backs of their elegant bodies, the white flags of their tails lifted high as they both vanished, as only deer can do.