Tuesday, Mar. 19, 2013 - 12:51 p.m.
Home Sweet Home
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Arrowheads revealed at Snowmelt
Only goes to show that
Southern Ontario
has been the home of
many many people
for a very long time-
Supporting a much higher population
than is usually imagined
enduring for much longer
than is generally believed...
Substantial and sustained populations of people for thousands of years, perhaps one of the heaviest clusters
of humans anywhere in the world
who did not require
the `city system` to succeed-
hunting, fishing & farming
was so generous-
all lived peacefully off
` the fat of the land `aka paradise ---
even long after the arrival of Europeans
Who else visited here on one way voyages
from far away city states in decline
to live by the chase with true men
as in ancient times will be the subject of startling forensic science
for many years to come
Exiles escaping tyrany, war & famine
the wasting effects of disease & filth
of civilization to live in paradise
of the temperate New World
Burning the boats on the beach
and never again thinking
of returning home across the ocean
This new land was their home
beyond the Islands of the Blessed
of the east coast of America
penetrating deep inland by small craft
along the highways of rivers
to dwell by the Sweetwater Sea
A paradise so hard to achieve
yet so easy to sustain once you arrive
