*this was written in 2010 (but never published – until today!)

I go for a walk most mornings while my kids are at school. I usually walk to the school, around its perimeter, and back home as I listen to a tape in my “World of Philosophy” series. One day, as I turned the corner around the school’s parking lot, I noticed a tree up ahead with multicolored spots all over the trunk. I squinted as I moved closer, trying to figure out what those spots could be. I soon realized that each spot was a wad of gum. Apparently kids have been leaving their gum here for quite some time.

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