My Name is Diane Haynes, and I Am A Biophile
My latest column appeared in last Wednesday’s Burnaby NOW. I even received my first “fan” letter (thanks again, Jim!). Click here to read the full text, or see below for an excerpt. It begins like this …
“Have you ever noticed that when you learn a new word, suddenly it’s everywhere? It’s as if your learning the word brought it into being.Truth is, it was there all the time, but you just couldn’t see or hear it because you didn’t know it existed. Take “biophila,” for example. “Bio” means life, and “philia” means attraction to, or love.
Now just watch: your two-year-old will use it in a sentence, or it’ll be tomorrow’s Word of the Day in The Vancouver Sun. Biophilia is the love of life and the living world. But it also refers to the affinity we human beings have for other life forms.
My name is Diane Haynes, and I am a biophile.”