Ancient Loons

&quote;Ah, I'm Pingree. We meet again. Splendid. Won't you sit down?&quote;I looked around David's room. Short of the library stacks, I had never seen so many books piled into a single room. Where could I sit down? Every square inch of horizontal surface was covered. Books, papers, notes, manuscripts-all congregated in random and chaotic disorder.This small en