This morning in the back window of the car I found a ladybug bleached bone-white and fragile under the glass, like a tiny skull. With eyespots faded almost to nothing, blinded by the sun, it was as if the creature had only slowly, and jealously, let go of the urge
The cicadas have arrived in Chicago! I'm relieved, because I was a little worried about how we would eat when we get there.
When you get back from a trip, check the mousetraps immediately. Don't wait a couple of days. I waited a couple of days. One of the mousetraps, way back underneath a large piece of furniture, was, ahem, occupied. It had flipped over in the process of snapping, and
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