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Last night this fellow rambler appeared unexpectedly on my doorstep. As my residence has neither food not shelter suitable to salamander needs, I sent this silent, rain-loving soul back out into the dark and drizzle.

It was a Jefferson's salamander doing its vital - if inexplicable - salamander duties; life and death matters known only to itself.

The world is well-peopled with such mysterious, seldom encountered individuals. Chance gives glimpses of that truth to a lucky few.

John