Pangaea, I say

Pangaea (the first continent on Earth) began in

the First Cretaceous. That was way before the

birds and bees, predating grasses and trees.

It was that prehistoric, pre-mammal, pre-human

time even before you and me. One continent

from which eventually seven continents came

to be. Pangaea, the Mother of all Continents,

remember that. Why, you ask? What good

should it do us all these billions of years later?

Might as well question the benefit of the sun

which factored into the evolution of the geniuses

many of us believe ourselves to be. Well, my

friends, consider this, without that Terra Firma

beginning, today we may be fish swimming in

an Earth covered completely by a sea. Without

intellect and our yearning for answers, Earth

would not even have a name to this day. Were

it not for Pangaea as a foundation to build upon,

we would not have rock-solid ground on which

to stand when we step out of our houses in the

morning. We can claim a kinship beginning with

Adam and Eve, I say, why not Pangaea? Tomorrow,

should we still have our footing about us, let’s

discuss the movement of tectonic plates, or per-

haps the separation of church and state.

Chris Hanch 5-15-19