Bonnie Raitt's first album, titled Bonnie Raitt, from 1971.
Still my favorite.

This is just to say, We are very careful with your much-appreciated support.

We have 1 -- soon to be 2 -- full-time paid staff; no physical newsroom; no print edition; no advertising. We pay our freelance writers and photographers decently and we provide free community programs and workshops.

Now that my children are grown, with university degrees and responsible jobs, I no longer follow the studies obsessively. But when I did, the strongest single predictor of adult trouble for people with ADHD was lack of access to meds as children.

So many. Chambers Brothers doing People Get Ready, Swan Silvertones His Eye is on the Sparrow, Marion Williams The Woman at the Well.

(You can tell I'm old)

They still look exotic to me in Washington state but they like it here.

The source I was reading was focusing on seed types and the transition from gymnosperms to angiosperms. Fascinating stuff. I also have a ginkgo in my yard, so we go way way back.

Other tidbits: Magnolia flowers predate bees and are pollinated by beetles. That red coating covers the actual black seeds and needs to be breached -- by rodents or bird digestion.

Roasted parsnips are so, so good. Underrated vegetable.
They like very deep, loamy soil, like I used to have in my old place where they got huge.

*a paragon*

This is a big reason I stopped serving on small nonprofit boards. I'm not of paragon of organization myself, and I need a group where someone knows how to do it.

West Coast version: The Bay Area.

I'm right with you there, except it took a lot longer to learn this. It really did change my life.