“Climb up my rain barrel, slide down my cellar door and we’ll be friends forevermore.” A few years back, when I was at Matt and Dawn’s house, Dawn said, “Come around to the back yard, Blanche. I want you to see this.” And there, inside her rain barrel were dozens of small, black swimming objects: […]
Jun 4, 2022
Invaders of the Creepy Kind
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Ants are on my cabinet, mosquitoes at the door; Summertime has come at last. Who could ask for more? I don’t know if they are coming in to escape the rain, or if the rain is causing them to multiply. Maybe each raindrop is a tiny capsule filled with baby mosquitoes and ants. Maybe they […]
Jun 4, 2019
Invaders from an Alien World
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Ants are on my cabinet, mosquitoes at the door; Summertime has come at last. Who could ask for more? I don’t know if they are coming in to escape the rain, or if the rain is causing them to multiply. Maybe each raindrop is a tiny capsule filled with baby mosquitoes and ants. Maybe they […]
Sep 7, 2018
Autumn Thoughts on a Warm September Day
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Yesterday, I decided that I should make my house a little more welcoming for fall, just in case it is really around the corner. If it should come calling and find summer still firmly ensconced, why, it just might not feel welcome and turn around and go back home. We can’t have that! The weatherman […]
