Drusas

What a delightful way to raise awareness. Also, very Seattle.

Back when I was moving more regularly, yes, but only when I first woke up in the morning.

There are people who don’t feel mosquito bites?

I haven’t lived there in a while and I don’t pronounce it that way anymore, but where I grew up, water is universally pronounced “wooder”.

What region? I’m pretty sure that’s standard.

Shaving one’s arms is weirdly common among women in Japan.

Also, if you have the right soil and light requirements for it, they will absolutely take over wherever you put them.

The bees love my foxglove (native to the area, but which I planted). I spent maybe a minute watching them and saw half a dozen bees of different species.

Fucking bindweed. Don’t pull it out–that just makes it regrow faster. You want to snip it.

Jan T. Gross

It’s really shocking to me that anyone in the US who isn’t a native-born citizen would risk leaving the country (with the intent to return) right now.

That is not how it works.

That’s my standard smile, unless I’m really smiling big.

Anyone interested in this should read the book Neighbors.

At this point, there would typically only be a few others in the race. But the job is far from guaranteed.

And those people have been trained to hate California(ns).

I hope international driving permits will still be allowed because I’ve been planning a road trip in Japan… (I used to live and drive there, and I’m very comfortable with their laws.)

I’m not sure I agree with that.

Reading comprehension…

That depends on what your interests and hobbies are.