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I recently found out that banana tree sends out underground roots and each year trees grow from those roots. The prior year’s tree’s stump decays into the earth. I was gifted with a banana plant and thought I had killed it by cutting it down. Now, I have three or four trees growing in that…

This rabbit is back. I wonder where its companion is? Being a trad-rabbit somewhere in a burrow with the little rabbits? Going through a cool spell–Blackberry Winter? The berry canes are blooming! “Journalist: What do you think of Western civilization? Gandhi: I think it would be a good idea.” Mark Twain–“There are many humorous things…

Weather forecasts say rain, but rain, not even the hint of rain, comes. I think I have made the mistake of thinking that water is an infinite resource when factually I know it is not. April has been a dry month. My yard looks like the dog days of August have come and stayed. John…

May Day–an English corruption of the French m’aidez which means “help me”. See…I still remember some French from High School and College! Just found out that that someone I lost contact with a long time ago passed away in 2021. I always wanted to know why she went no contact. Something about that time was…

The picture is of a plant named lyreleaf sage. This plant is all over my backyard and I have, in the past, tried to transplant it. I must be doing something wrong! I do believe it died in all the places I’ve transplanted it. Every year, it spreads and spreads. This year, I have learned…

Butterflies are back!!! This one is feasting on an azalea bush. Finally, finished watching Star Trek Discovery. Binged it over a week. I stopped watching it after Season 3 and, back then, I only skimmed Season 3. That season didn’t hold my attention, so, even though, I bought Seasons 4 nd 5, I never watched…

Long, long time ago…I read as much Plato as I could for reasons lost to time. I have now read The Republic. I’d never read it in full…just excerpts here and there. Plato postulated five forms of governing–aristocracy. timocracy, oligarchy, democracy, and tyranny. Plato, being of a certain class, advocated for the governance by an…

Spring is here! I’ve seen butterflies and bumblebees. The birds are raucously mating. And we seem to be going immediately into summer temperatures. This bee is on a redbud tree that I suppose is a volunteer courtesy of birds or the wind. I wonder if I can cut it back and make it more of…

I like this picture for the contrast between the two trees. However, this picture is not a true picture of the moment of time in which it was taken. I have edited the picture to ensure that the trees are the focal point. So, this picture is a true depiction of the trees, but not…

A word or a phrase resulting from mishearing another word or phrase (especially in a song or poem) is a common phenomenon known as a mondegreen. Courtesy of Dictionary.com. For the longest time, I have listened to the Temptations’s song, “I’ve Never Been To Me” and I always heard “Aunt Jemima” for what I now know…