Fun fact I learned this week: Mangroves follow the 18-year lunar cycle. Also, there’s an 18-year lunar cycle?! For some reason, this fact just made me feel so happy. Everything is connected and we’re just starting to relearn that.

Best moment outside: I have a new house, and this summer I have taken the approach of “wait and see what grows”. We have two stonecrop plants that I’ve been watching all year, waiting to think they look nice. I had just decided to get rid of them next year, when I suddenly saw that the bees were sleeping on the flowers!

Internet hygiene tip: You can still (for now) see only who you are following on Instagram, and it’s in CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER! https://www.instagram.com/?variant=following I’ve taken social media apps off my phone. At the same time, I pride myself on being in-the-know for local events. Accessing this link on a desktop browser had been a happy compromise!

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