Tom Crowley, you are completely off-base to write what you did in your letter which appeared in the Shuswap Market News on Jan. 9.
I totally agree with James Murray that “If I have to explain it to you, you probably won’t understand” the concept in the first place.
That you dare to attack a man who has spent most of his life in the outdoors, observing nature and explaining and teaching those of us who have not been as lucky to be brought up with a father who loved nature and passed that love onto his son, James.
Your arrogant letter has to be the most bombastic letter I have read in years.
What a fool you prove yourself to be when you say things like “his writing is uninspiring” and “the linguistic down grading of nature in op-ed columns like James’ is all too prevalent!” What makes you think that you know better than James Murray that you can spit out your misguided “disregard for nature” and blame James Murray for your own ignorance?
Shame on you that you can not see past the end of your pointy nose to understand the beauty of what James Murray gives to us all on a weekly basis. His stories of times spent with his beloved, blind old dog Duffy made those of us who know James cry when James had to let Duffy go.
I have seen firsthand just how much James loved nature, fishing and his pal Duffy (“who, even blind, knew exactly which drawer I kept her treats in.”)
And what contribution have you, Tom Crowley, given to nature or anything else for that matter?
You should be so lucky to have even one person think that your letter has the slightest validity.
Luckily, I seriously doubt you will find such a person.
Yvonne Nairn
