Was reading a book about #BeneficialInsects when this parasitic wasp landed beside me. Later bumped one of those little clay jugs potter wasps build while moving a board and was treated to a very macabre scene. Good to know my garden will be well-guarded.

I guess I can see why they want to get rid of all that race stuff in school textbooks. A curious student might discover upon further reading that their grandparents were hate-crazed lunatics.

Making your first cross-town trip on your still-new e-bike to absolutely load up on $1 books is a bad idea, says my skinned ankle and very swollen, contused calves. #Cycling with panniers from now on 😅

Fried rice made with Florida betony my sis dug out of her compost pile. Why fight the weeds when you can #EatTheWeeds?

The only copy of “It Can’t Happen Here” that I could find is from 1935, and the musty smell of its age-tanned pages only adds to the timeless quality of its sardonic message: our fundamental human nature does not change.

My sis sent me some choice shots from the family property. Judging from the snake party happening in the swamp magnolias, #AlabamaWildlife is waking up!

Put some #floridanative spiderworts in a bud vase with the holdouts from my V-day bouquet and some less native (but tasty) red sorrel. Even “weeds” can be wonderful.

Was it all the casual pipe smoking? The lack of parental oversight? The bikes? What is the ingredient that makes a cherub-cheeked 14-year old a Fortnite addict in one generation and a committed after-school anti-Nazi arsonist in another? Can we add it to the water supply?

Fully expected “4-6 inches” to be more like 2. In fact, it’s closer to 7. Unbelievable!

Left Texas after two historic winter storms and *this* is my first winter in #Pensacola 🙃