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Wrasslin’
Folks are happier than a 🐷 in mud since it’s warm around here today instead of ice-coated…
🥶 Big Thaw 😌
The ground is soft with the first mud of spring. ~Henry David Thoreau, Walden
Yesterday was an unpleasant bit of icy rain, but we got through it without disaster.
Today is going to be up in the 50s, so the new hazard is, as Mr. Thoreau said, “the first mud of spring”.
After a crispy long winter, it’s becoming the time for squelching mud.
Got nice white sneakers?
Fuhgeddaboudit…
What has been frozen as solid as macadam will turn into a soppy brown sponge.
Personally, I can live without ground that’s capable of sucking the shoes right off my feet.
Farmers? Optimal. Time to dig those furrows and plant those seeds.
🐖 Slip Slidin’ 🤼🏻♀️
Pig Wrestling!
Speaking of farms, what’s springlike weather without some pig wrestling?
That almost looks like fun, but trying to hold onto a thrashing pig would inflict rather dreadful harm on me.
My sides are not particularly forgiving of that kind of twisting anymore, so it’s good that somebody else is out there to do it for me.
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I couldn’t help thinking of the classic Paul Simon song about slipping and sliding.
That’s one of the hallmarks of a muddy yard.
You can find yourself flat on your butt, sailing across the yard like an air hockey puck.
So, watch your step or you could wind up with a full-body facial and laundry you can’t just toss right in the machine.
Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire – Mud Squad
It’s too early in the season for the PA Ren Faire, but it won’t be long before these jokers are up to their seasonal hijinks.
Actually, in due season, this particular show is a relief from the sweltering summer heat.
It’s an annual favorite in a beloved state attraction.
🐘 Grass That Suffers 🌿
When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers. ~African proverb
When you’re writing a superhero story, it’s normal for the grass to suffer.
It’s actually such a trope that I decided to partner my novels with short story anthologies called Collateral Impact.
We think of super powers as really cool, but if you think of it hard enough, you realize it’s pretty messed up.
In the real world, the ability to fire eye beams or toss fireballs is fairly disturbing.
I’ve been trying to depict that in the story from the perspectives of normal people encountering powers in their everyday lives.
Guess we’ll see if it plays the same way I think it does.
That’s all for today. See you back on Saturday for 🥞…