The Good Life – May-June 2018

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ON THE COVER // DONALD CAREY Cockroaches have been around since the time of dinosaurs! “I like bees. You can actually talk to them. A forager bee will go by the flowers, get nectar and bring it back to the hive. It’s a really good source of nectar, so it will go back and tell the other bees to get to it. It will actually do a bee dance on top of the hive. Depending on how far it is and the orientation of the sun, it will do a figure eight and tell the rest of them where to go,” Carey said. “You can cheat. If you pick up a dead bee and Tarantulas are the biggest type of spider in the world. The largest species is the Goliath bird-eating tarantula. It can have a leg span up to 11 inches! put it on a string with a stick, you can do the little dance on top of the hive and send them away.” While honeybees are beloved for good reason, there are other, more unlovable bugs that aren’t “as cute as a bug in a rug.” In fact, who really thinks bugs under rugs are cute? You’d probably have to be an entomologist, especially when you’re showing pity to cockroaches. There are various types of cockroaches, and Carey used an entertaining analogy to get his point across. “In a family, you have lots of relatives. You have a cousin, George, who is a lush and has been married three times. Oh, and he can’t hold down a job. The rest of the family is fine. Cousin George is just bad. It’s the same way with cockroaches,” Carey said. “There are hundreds of kinds of cockroaches. There are just a couple that fit into the Cousin George 22 / THE GOOD LIFE / urbantoadmedia.com
outine. The rest of them are very good. We have a couple kinds around here that are great; they break down the leaf litter. Just a couple of them give the rest a bad name.” Whether you’re being judged based on the Cousin George of your family or you are the Cousin George of your family, may your opinions of (most) smaller organisms be more of fascination than of fear. The Good Life Many people spend their lives hating their careers, dissatisfied in their life choices or situations, but for people like Carey, life is beautifully simple. In his opinion, living the good life is boring, in the best of ways. “The good life is boring. I like boring. I go to work and enjoy my job. It’s dynamic, I do something different every day, yet kind of expected,” Carey said. “The good life to me is just every day. Every day is the best day of my life, and I’m pretty sure tomorrow will be the best day of my life, too. I’m not going to set the world on fire. I’ll just warm it up occasionally. Just go out and smell the roses, which in North Dakota you can do about four days a year.” • urbantoadmedia.com / THE GOOD LIFE / 23
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