The tomatoes are just getting ripe, and more than usual this summer. Must be that special Mater Magic tomato fertilizer I splurged on. The plants are 4 feet high and root bound by now, which means they need watering every day. All worth it, when you pop a sun-warmed cherry tomato in your mouth.
Planting a garden was the in thing to do this spring. The lots are small in our neighborhood, and with all the trees most houses don't have full sun in the backyard. So some folks plant vegetables instead on the parking strips. Ugh. When I walk by, hard not to think about all those dogs.
Have you heard of "doom-scrolling?" A new slang term that describes the endless consumption of gloom and doom news. It's easy to fall into this particular rabbit hole. Guilty as charged.
Our 95-year old Dad told me the other day that "he has never lived through a bad time like this." He is a very wise man, and his lifespan includes the Great Depression, WWII, and countless other economic crisis and social upheavals.
Think about that for a minute.
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