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Sunday Firesides: Life Is for Living

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Kate McKay
Dec 28, 2024
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In the classic Aesop’s fable of the ant and the grasshopper, the ant works through the summer, storing up food for the winter, while the grasshopper spends his days making music. When the colder months arrive, the grasshopper starves, while the ant lives comfortably off his cache.

Yet, one does wonder if the ant did not experience another kind of hunger …

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