The dog hurt his knee while running around wildly, leaping, and barking at the dogs next door (who spend their time barking yo mama jokes at him until he can’t take it anymore). Now he’s supposed to be resting while he heals. Only he doesn’t know that. He thinks I’ve gone lame, and not in… Continue reading Intensities
Month: June 2021
Beebalm, Bergamot, Monarda
Gardens are a means of time travel. You only need to be close enough to a garden to smell what’s blooming to know this is so. The scent of lilacs, wafting on a spring breeze, transports me to early childhood. Mom and Dad had planted a row of lilacs and other flowering bushes in… Continue reading Beebalm, Bergamot, Monarda
Cicadas and Safe Places
According to a Michigan State University entymologist, Washtenaw County is the favored Michigan location for Brood X seventeen-year cicadas. Throughout our neighborhood, we have cicada emergence holes, exoskeletons, and cacophonous jubilation. People have mixed feelings about all this. One neighbor in particular is less than thrilled. Her yard is like other yards. In… Continue reading Cicadas and Safe Places
Beginnings
Brood X, our batch of seventeen-year cicadas, is getting easier to find, especially in Cherry Hill Nature Preserve. This 160-acre park owned by Superior Township is heavily populated by Brood X and people there to see and photograph Brood X. Sue and Tesla and I went walking there yesterday—Sue and Tesla’s second visit this week. … Continue reading Beginnings