Pastoral

Ah, the Romantics. Ah, Rousseau. Such a vision of Nature, kind and benevolent, Natural Man in utopia. Right. It's not that Nature is cruel. It's that Nature is indifferent. And Nature wins. Always.

clipped from www.cnn.com 'Absolutely nothing left' Rescue workers today continued sifting through rubble -- some towering as high as 30 feet -- looking for survivors from a wave of tornadoes that killed 10 people and leveled Greensburg, Kansas. Meanwhile, forecasters expect the "development of a few strong tornadoes over parts of the Central Plains Sunday afternoon and Sunday night."