Greetings amazing readers. Thanks for being here. Last week we discussed the ecology of planet Harappa. Sadly the world is due to become a dust spot on the surface of its sun within a few weeks, maybe a few months. We’ve never seen the end of a world before. Astronomers from around the galaxy are gathering to witness the event.
No one lives there any more. It’s way too hot for anyone to survive there. I understand that they have set up a space-station with a solar orbit to watch Harappa’s demise from a safe distance. I assume there will be vids and pictures all over the Encyclopedia Galactica when this happens.
I and many others still think of ourselves as Harappans. We just live on Kusha now. It’s mostly us older folks. The kids who grew up here on Kusha, of course, have no connection to the old world.
Us older Harappans must now learn to be Kushan. I’ve been here over eighty years and it still seems new to me.
Perhaps it is the ever changing sky or the amazing fecundity of the fields and meadows and forests. There is always something new to discover about Kusha. A flower you’ve never seen anything like before. A different light than you have experienced or some other nuance this world offers the senses.
Kusha certainly has a history before humans got here, but we all know the historical disputes about just who owns the place. Therefor I’ll just content myself to ponder Kusha’s recent history. From just before humans got here to now.
Tomorrow: what was Kusha like when we first got here?
Never Mix red wine and Oodo.
Philip Normer
Kushan Year 87
Earth Year 2479
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