Wildness Symposium

I attended the last scheduled event on the schedule and the speaker was to be Rick Bass. So far I had enjoyed the reading from Rick so was more excited than I thought I would be. I had never been to such an event before so I had no clue what to expect. So I went into the sun room with and open mind. It was also my first time sitting in the sunroom. The sunroom is very cozy and perfect for such events.

First up there was a young lady who is a student at ISU and she was giving Rick's introduction. She did a wonderful job and there were quite a few people there but she showed to nervousness. Then Rick took the stage.

Rick was going to read two stories for us. He had a glass of what looked like some kind of beer in it. I found myself wondering what kind of beer was Ricks choice, I'd like to think he was drinking budwieser. Rick began reading the first story which was about food and experience. I choose my picture of the owl perched on the car because I though it was a funny picture I had in my head from his story. The first story was good but the story that caught my attention was the second one. I forgot the name of it, but it was about the experience he had when he was young when the freshwater met the saltwater. He talked about how the fish would get stunned and you could catch them. But the message he gave was important to me. He said this was the last one that ever happened. I think the message Rick was trying to get across was a lot bigger than it seemed. He is saying things are happening to the environment from human regularities and action needs to be taken quickly or things will start to disappear.