Sunday, October 18, 2020

Continuing with my gender studies

 


Continuing with my gender studies (final exam in two weeks and I haven't even begun to touch upon  eunuchs), I submit to you, dear reader, that there are female papaya trees, male papaya trees, and then hermaphrodite trees (a bit of both). It's the kind of cosmic irony that has the plant kingdom mirror the fiefdom of humans--or is it the other way around? I get so confused. 

Sunday, October 11, 2020

I've perfected my vaccine

 


Gee, I don't know what to say (the calico, found in the alley behind my trailer, got my tongue; nevertheless, I have been busy in the laboratory and have perfected my covid-19 vaccine, which I am quite proud of, even though I don't like the idea of injections, as the notion makes me queasy and prone to bouts of depression.) [Too many commas, too much serum. Ed.]

The vaccine is 100% effective though has been known to cause skin rashes, which is why I've cornered the market on Calamine. 

If you are interested in getting a shot, I can be persuaded to let you have as many as you need (some families are incongruously large) for a small fee.  Just dial 1-800-vacccine on your device and it's job done. 

Meanwhile, here's what's happening in the garden...


Highbush blueberry (from seed, sown during the last ice age).



Sarracenia seedlings.


And during a period of somnambulism, lasting for months, I almost tripped over this yellow beauty.










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