For PETA Sake!

We just had to stop for lunch at the Pumpernickel Inn. Gary's meeting was over and we were driving home past beautiful Lake Michigan. He had curried squash soup and I had citrus carrot...the server's favorites. We shared hot chicken salad with tomato and provolone, atop a lightly toasted french baguette. Mmmmmm!

We decided to drive along a scenic route where we had often biked in years past. As we crossed a street, a vivid memory came back to me:

We were biking with Brace and Brenda as we came up to this lake road intersection. We could tell that something was going on due to the number of cars that were lined up waiting to cross. Being on bikes, we of course cruised right on through. But curiosity got the best of us and we circled around to see what caused the backup.

There in the middle of the intersection stood a tall, slender, nicely dressed woman with her husband (I assume). It appeared she was just standing in the street. At first I thought she might be handicapped, but when we looked closer, we could tell that she was protecting something on the road. How nice, we thought...was it a kitty, or a baby bird?

NO! It was a Wooly Worm! A tiny little furry caterpillar was inching (or millemetering ) its way across the street. And this woman obviously felt it her duty to stop traffic in order for her little friend to cross safely to the other side.

Did she apologize to drivers as they slowly veered around the couple? Not at all. Instead her smug expression seemed to say, "Look at me and the extent I will go to, to protect another living being."

Hmmm. I wonder what she thinks about abortion.