I tried to help gently with a pair of tweezers but could not save it . These are nature 's odds . They are compounded by man made risks . Driving on the highway yesterday , a Monarch butterfly crashed into my windshield and did not survive the blow . Our newspaper featured a recent report about this year 's decline in Monarch populations , mainly due to pesticide use and loss of habitat . I visited a natural area an hour west of home yesterday and saw many varieties of butterflies including Monarchs feeding among the wildflowers .

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The Spanish way to party is well adapted to this schedule - people go out no later than two , and go out at 6 . Serious , places are open until 6 am ) . However , when I go back to my apartment and fall into bed , Spaniards will go to work , or to El Rastro ( the world famous flea market ) , or to mass , after a night of partying . I ' m pretty sure that Spaniards have been genetically mutated to not need sleep .

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I emerged into clearings every 20 minutes or so , and the stars multiplied each time until a swath of milky white streaked across the sky . I saw Dippers and Bears , satellites arcing across the sky , flashing stars that I imagined as pulsars flaring lightyears away . As I neared my campsite , a falling comet blazed the sky for a full two seconds to light my way as I heard the waves of the nearby ocean pounding the sandy shore .

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And still , Ruta thought , staring out with blind eyes at the silent road , after all the danger " Stephen Seeker " had already gone through for her sake , she was not sure if she was willing to burden him with even more . * * * * * The next morning was rainy and grey water splashed around Stephen Seeker 's boots as he opened Ruta 's garden gate . The white roses near the wall had lost most of their last petals ; the bushes needed to be clipped , and he felt his lips twist in a grimace when he remembered that the woman who would normally have done so with ease was now unable to manage even the small garden tasks that had been her joy .

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Why is Ruta grateful to Stephen ?