The dishes have been cleared and I’m scraping the last of the ice cream from my bowl when Tom Nearing starts talking about bats. There’s a disease making its way towards the West Coast called White-Nose Syndrome, a fungus that disrupts a bat’s sleep schedule so that they end up flying themselves to death.
And Roundup, that weed-killer that’s been around since 1974? It works by disrupting a weed’s rest cycle so that it works itself to death.
We all sit for a moment, stunned by the simple yet unmistakable truth: Rest is not a luxury but a necessity of life. Without it, you will die.
