Stumbling Through Adulthood

Since I am no longer at the wildland park most days of the week, I don't have the more precise data on when they came up, but there were no trilliums visible or even about to bloom two weeks ago and there are some now. First I've seen this year!

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In silly news: I bought a bag of trillium, red and white from Costco. They say the flower late summer, but I've got one popping up right now with a bud, about two weeks after I dumped it in the ground!

We listened to Mehdi Hasan's book, Win Every Argument on the drive up and down to Bend. It was excellent. In in, he talks about his rule of threes, so this post will have three parts. I supposed I could have called it Three Things for Mehdi Hasan, LOL. Anyhow, I gave the book 5 stars on goodreads, and wrote a short review over there:

Get this book. Read it... or rather, LISTEN TO IT. Read by the author, it's very close to non-fiction perfection. I suspect and yes, I know it's still April, that this will be my top non-fiction book of the year.

No need to describe the book, but a few words on the audio version. Hasan is an engaging a reader as he is a speaker and when describing an interview etc, was often able to segue straight to the actual audio, which really added to the experience.

Truly my highest recommendation. I can't remember the last time a book has made me laugh, think, cringe, and, once, cry.

Two things plant related: one of the people nearby appear to be taking down a stand of 100+ year old trees. It makes me sick to my stomach... and on top of everything else, because of their placement, their lack will probably be felt when the to-be gas station 😭😢😢😢😭😭😭 opens. Sigh. In better news, the trillium are going gangbuster this year at my wildland park. They bloomed very late, but omg, I've need seen to many, so many clumps of several, so many tall ones. It's been wonderful.

Perry. Well, he canceled the appointment with his PCP because he said things were really starting to feel better. Which is good. It's been a long ridic thing with everything shrugging and saying 'viral' because yeah, we get that, but my god, the kid's mouth and throat are covered in sores and all you suggest is a lidocaine mouthwash/rinse whatever they're called? The next question: did he cancel early enough to avoid cancelation fees? I expect not, alas, but we shall see.