The Amazing Lady Across the Street

By Hippo (a hippopotamus) and Al (a bird) Flowers and peas and real bees’ knees Booker swinging through the trees Houses for fairees, plums on the trees Oh, ouch! I got stuck by a berry Thorn! “I couldn’t quite figure out the rhyming on that last part,” said Al. “That’s OK , Al. I...

June 20 Solstice, Tosa Farmers Market

Al pecked me awake to go to the Tosa Farmers Market this morning. It’s annoying how chipper (and did I mention annoying?) that bird can be when some of us are trying to chill out. And it was totally unnecessary because we were early – in fact, very early. Anyway, at the entrance, we...