This clump of grass caught my eye as I was visiting Ninstints, the abandoned Haida village that I portrayed in Spirits of the Forest. The frog is an important part of the mythology of the Haida people, yet frogs are disappearing all over the world, just as native cultures are disappearing. Perhaps those very raindrops contain a trace of chemicals from our modern technology which is hurting the delicate web of life on this planet. - RB