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Re: Daily exercise

From:Herman Miller <hmiller@...>
Date:Monday, August 9, 2004, 3:42
Daniel Baisden wrote:

> Just Curious, why Mammals and not a Short Story or something?
I guess partly to remind myself there's still a part of the world out there that's a little farther from civilization than what I'm familiar with. Humans have been on this world for only a small part of its history. What I've been thinking of lately is the history of the fictional worlds where my languages are spoken, and how the different kinds of people spread from one world to another. One aspect of that history is how life developed on the various worlds; I've been trying to imagine the different kinds of animals that live there, but the demands of "real life" can be a big drain on creativity. So if I can't be creative, maybe at least I can learn something. But why mammals in particular? I don't know, that's just what I'm interested in these days. Back when I was developing Jarda, it was birds. Maybe it'll be reptiles next, or fish. Or something totally different, like mushrooms.