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Ever since I was a child and learned the song “Way Down Yonder in the Pawpaw Patch,” I’ve been curious about pawpaws. Pawpaw fruit is notoriously delicate and ephemeral, so unless you live close to where pawpaws grow, you don’t … Continue reading →

Last year my husband spotted his first spotted lantern fly. He was across town at the time, nowhere near our property, but it’s only a matter of time before the bugs work their way over here. Related: a couple of … Continue reading →

2024 was not a good year. I wrote the preceding sentence and immediately thought to myself, “Have any of the recent years been good?” I doubt I’d describe them as such. But last year was a real doozy in terms … Continue reading →

The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry: I am a sucker for book- and book-shop-based stories, and the film’s title naturally caught my interest. Netflix didn’t provide a trailer, so I didn’t entirely know what I was getting into. On the … Continue reading →

I’ve always loved disaster films and dystopian films. As a kid, I was fascinated by movies such as Damnation Alley, Earthquake, and Planet of the Apes. In Damnation Alley there were hordes of cockroaches that ate everything, including people, chewing … Continue reading →

Marshall’s Page 10/2/2016: I am Marshall. I am in 2nd grade, and I am seven years old. My favorite TV shows are “Odd Squad,” “Nature Cat,” and “Ready Jet Go!” My favorite activity is playing my tablet. My favorite games … Continue reading →

I struggle more with language now than I did when I was younger. It’s part of why I blog so much less frequently these days–I’m too tired for battle. But, difficulty in using language is a sign of mental decline, … Continue reading →

I spent the tail end of New Year’s Eve in the usual way: with my family, watching a TV broadcast of the ball dropping in Times Square. As the people in the crowd chanted the countdown (“ten, nine, eight, . … Continue reading →