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~ April is the cruelest month, T.S. Eliot wrote, by which I think he meant (among other things) that springtime makes people crazy. We expect too much, the world burgeons with promises it can't keep, all passion is really a setup, and we're doomed to get our hearts broken yet again.
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~ When we walked as a nation away from the land, our knowledge of food production fell away from us like dirt in a laundry-soap commercial.
— May 20, 2026 06:09PM
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~ ...that's the only reality they witness as landscapers come to campuses and city parks and surreptitiously yank out one flower before it fades from its prime, replacing it with another.
Me: WHAT. How have I never noticed this??
— May 20, 2026 06:07PM
Me: WHAT. How have I never noticed this??
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Pre-read: It's a policy of mine to have at least one non-fiction read going at all times alongside my fiction reads. Since I've finished The Unthinkable, I'm picking this one up because I only have six days before it's due to the library. Reading this for a merit badge in the Proper Mountain Women Club!
— May 20, 2026 11:53AM
