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Jun.17.2013 - 6:39 am
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These are a tiny fraction of the cicadas in my garden. Not to be a snob, but these jackets are so spring '96. Don't you think?
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Jun.05.2013 - 6:26 am
photo by David Hill
  Seventeen years ago−the last time the Periodical Cicadas reared their creepy, red-eyed heads−I was living in New York City. I’ve existed, my entire life, unaware of this...
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May.07.2013 - 3:41 pm
photo by Rob Thurman
Must they be called that? Geez. I plucked a package from the display rack and quickly slid my thumb over the words Girdle Top, while hunching my shoulders around the cardboard...
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Apr.18.2013 - 9:42 am
photo by vpickering
As I write this, I ask myself if this has any validity. Do fiction writers have an obligation and responsibility to society and humankind? I’m referring to when writers create...
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Comments from Eva

Jun.10.2013 - 6:27 pm
In response to: The Cicadas are Here! (Now leave.)
That's the third time this week that I've heard about dogs' sensitivity to the sound. I have days like that too. When I...
Jun.10.2013 - 6:24 pm
In response to: The Cicadas are Here! (Now leave.)
I love crickets! Good advice, Eva. I should nail my blog piece to a tree - light cicada reading. I am also, glad I didn...
Jun.10.2013 - 6:21 pm
In response to: The Cicadas are Here! (Now leave.)
I got peed on again yesterday. I've noticed they also have sticky foot pads because they are not easy to get off of...
Jun.10.2013 - 6:19 pm
In response to: The Cicadas are Here! (Now leave.)
I just heard that the science teacher at our high school is offering 2 extra points on the final exam to anyone who...
Jun.06.2013 - 5:01 pm
In response to: My Grandma
Yes! please! It sounds marvelous. Is it difficult to make? I'm not such a good baker. I'm a better cook, mostly because...