I wrote him, “In my official capacity, I am designating you to be ‘The Poet Laureate of Peppers.’
Insectuous Reading
There is not a dull page in this book and it reminded me of some of the best natural history books that I’ve read over the years.
The Texas Wrongers
It would not surprise me to read that the author this book, Doug J. Swanson, had been found lynched in his living room in Pittsburgh by a renegade band of The Daughters of the Texas Rangers. The book is the historical-heresy equivalent of writing that the Lone Ranger and Tonto were gay lovers and that “Kemo Sabe” translates as “Adorable … Read More
Prof. Mancuso’s Botanical Believe-It-Or-Not
Some plants distribute their seeds by hitching rides on motor vehicles.