*a musing* Heretofore: *Up to this time; hitherto; before; in time past.* Heretofore hunters hunted; gatherers gathered; bearers bore. A black ooze oozed, and burned. Hunters declined to hunt; gatherers set down their baskets; bearers carried no more burdens. The lands provided; the lands provided; the lands died. Briefly, life flourished. Life, not satisfied, destroyed. Destroyed, life believed everything, and nothing. Continue reading