There is a billboard up the road that I ascribed to run-of-the-mill religious nuts until I hit the website, and it turns out they are extra loony.
They believe in speaking in tongues, snake-handling, end times hullabaloo, and an eternally broad, flat Earth being the center of the universe.
Not a parody, sadly.
I am a little reluctant to even link to these guys, but-
https://www.worldslastchance.com/directory#Flat-Earth
The image is the first billboard I saw –
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Many bugs are waking up along the river, so I hope to see dragonflies soon. I imagine the many peepers at night are, too.
Pearl, watching out for yellow butterflies
#misspearl #tabbycat #stripedcat #mylittlegirl #cat
TIL –
“Glurge” refers to stories, often shared via email or online, that are purportedly true and uplifting but are actually fabricated and sentimental. The word imitates the retching or feeling of revulsion that these stories can evoke, as they are often overly saccharine and manipulative.
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We had a lovely morning – the weather was nice, so we grabbed bagel breakfast sandwiches and then walked by the river a little, and read books next to the water for a bit before coming back home.
Upon returning home, we sat on the back porch, and read a bit more. Can’t beat that.
According to the USDA, approximately 80 percent of the world’s flowering plants require pollinators to eproduce, including three-quarters of agricultural crops.
A 2021 study on nocturnal pollinators that was conducted by the University of kansas led researcher Stephen Robertson to call moths “unsung heroes of polination,” indicating that, as an under-studied group, moths could potentially beat out butterflies and bees in pollinator importance globally.
But just as we’re discovering how important moths are, they’re disappearing.
My favorite bread recipe has four ingredients.
Water. Flour. Salt. Yeast.
When the loaf is ready, I often think, “this seems like magic.”
Then I recall, of course simple things produce magic.
I have internalized too much of the marketing fiction that worth requires complexity.
RFK: “Autism is a preventable disease.”
Diseases are something you get, autism is a neurodevelopmental condition and a natural variation of the human genome that you are born with.
Autistic people are not broken. Autistic people are not damanged.
Autism is not preventable. Autism is not curable.
You know what is a preventable disease?
Measles.
Happy Alien Day! (For LV-426)
Envious of my neighbor a few doors down, spotted a bear on her cam this morning!
Still none in mine yet.
“He went around front and knocked over our trash cans, went after some expired tortillas.”
My neck of the woods
Spoilers: I just read ahead to the last page of your life and it turns out that you were always worthy of love and hope and surpassing kindness.
Nicknames I use regularly:
Booboo, sweetheart, dove, dolly, honey, poop – for spouse
Dingus, monkey, belly, bootsy, maniac, goober, cutie – for Pearl
Buddy, brother, bud, kid, pal – assorted folks/animals (usually critters)
If I do not know you, and I call you “friend”, well, it’s not good.
