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One of my pet peeves is when a person makes a dramatic announcement on social media that they are leaving the platform. Then they linger for a few days, disappear for a few more days, and are back on social media a week or two later.   I’m not sure why it annoys me. Maybe it’s because social media has made us all so convinced of our “importance.”   So at the risk of annoying myself, here’s my own announcement: I’m deactivating my social media accounts on Monday, January 5 bec

Snowberry clearwing moth on native larkspur  Jimmy and I don’t have a TV. We don’t need one. Our backyard is a nature documentary...

This morning I finished a raised bed garden in our wild area, using the German gardening technique known as hugelkultur. It was a 10-day...