Bears appeal to a side of us that is lum- 
bering, churlish and individual. We 
are touched by their anatomy because 
it resembles ours, by their piggishness 
and sleepiness, by their very aversion to 
everything about us except our garbage. 
Where big tracts of forest remain, black 
bears still do fairly well. They have a sim- 
ple vegetarian diet, supplemented by in- 
sects, fish and carrion, and the grizzly’s 
prickly ego is absent in them; they are 
secretive woodland animals that stay un- 
der cover and do not expect to have ev- 
erything go their way. 

maybe to be continued, bear with us.

andand: since I quote her, twice now, I should call her by her name : Fatimah Nyeema Warner. So I guess "Nyeema" i.e. Naima, is no-name.