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Only a Blockhead posted Late summer ecstasy | Aug 22, 2008
The Obon holidays are over and summer is on the wane. Discarded cicada shells, brown and brittle, stud the outside walls of the house. When the sun burns down, as it does most of the time, the buzz of cicadas cascades from the tree tops, filling the valley with sound. All the species have emerged...
Only a Blockhead posted Symphony of Summer | Jul 29, 2008
The rainy season was declared over 10 days ago. It is officially summer. White clouds mass in the blue sky; The bright sun beats down Distant, relentless festival drums; The boom of fireworks in the night sky At home, Bill Evans: "Solo - In Memory of His Father," and the lazy rattle of the electric...
Scott posted Cicada Invasion | Jun 9, 2008
I spoke too soon about the prevalence of periodical cicadas around our house. They're here, and they're flying all over the place whenever the sun is out (and sometimes when it isn't). Cicada shells, anyone? Yummy.
