"Animalcules and Other Little Subjects"- Mark Smith

Mark Smith is really, what is the word, obsessed? with life. He has trouble explaining his "satisfaction with the animalcules" because he cannot get others to agree with how much he loves life! He is so intrigued by it all; how the living organisms form, how they live in an ecosystem, how they thrive. Honestly, I was like his wife when he was trying to explain to me how life is. Oh please! I do not care about what you see through a microscope; I have other things to do. Or like his wife had told him "I am very glad you found a new species of rotifer, and I love that you can get such a kick out of it, but I am going out now to work in the garden. Please don't call me again." Then, to try to persuade others to love what he loves, he brings a species to a Christmas gathering to show his nieces and nephews! They laugh!!! They do not care about how much he cares for these animalcules, or they do care about the fact that he cares...but they do not care about those animalcules. Do you understand what I mean?
His awe of how the sediments settle in the jar, and how each rock is its' own world is a bit annoying to me. He is doing what a writer is doing, talking about what interests him, but wow. He explains too excitedly and with much detail, which is a good writing technique, about these animalcules. The details he gives should be for topics which can interest many people; these small molecules, not many people care about. Although, of course, obviously, there are people who are interested. I really do not know what else to say about this, except that his information about all of the small living things were very overwhelming to me. One thing I did get from the article though was that there are worlds inside of worlds. I guess I cannot really just care about the world I live on, I have to be conscience of the other unseen worlds around me...