Extraordinary Work of Ordinary Writing : Annie Ray's Diary

KrutchOCOs trenchant observations about life prospering in the hostile environment of ArizonaOCOs Sonoran Desert turn to weighty questions about humanity and the precariousness of our existence, putting lie to Western denials of mind in the OC lowerOCO forms of life: OC Let us not say that this animal or even this plant has OCybecome adaptedOCO to desert conditions. Let us say rather that they have all shown courage and ingenuity in making the best of the world as they found it. And let us remember that if to use such terms in connection with them is a fallacy then it can only be somewhat less a fallacy to use the same terms in connection with ourselves.OCO"