Last fall I left the fallen leaves on my yard, following advice from the #gardening 🌱 people here, because beneficial insects lay their eggs under leaves. Right now, there are about two dozen extremely round robins flipping over leaves and eating whatever’s underneath. Guess it worked.

It’s a novel (to me, at least) insight, to quote Julian of Norwich in a discussion of #Tolkien. stephencwinter.com/2025/02/1…

In the 20th Century, I was part of a payroll savings bond program. Because I procrastinate a lot, I never got around to converting them to electronic form on the Treasury website. They’re still a big stack of paper bonds in a safe-deposit box. I’m feeling accidentally smart right now… #uspol

The first time I went to a corporate #DEI seminar, it was because we were going to have a new type of co-workers who talk and act differently, and they wanted to be sure we could smoothly integrate Millennials into our work. Don’t know why I thought of that today.

“In two of the most anti-feminist institutions, the church and the law court, the men are wearing the dresses.” - Flo Kennedy

The last day of a business trip. I was looking for a present for my girlfriend at the Samaritaine department store. Perfume – that’s the ticket! Went up to the counter and before I said a word, the lady behind the counter handed me a little flask. “I’m looking for…” She said, “This is the right one.” I asked, “Don’t different women need different kinds of perfume?” She replied, “Of course! This is for a woman who’s tall, has blonde hair, is athletic, plays tennis.” I was stunned. Can their intelligence service be that good? “What color are her eyes?” I asked. “Blue, but that doesn’t matter for scent.”

Moral: never doubt a saleslady in France.

A walk around the cornfield in the snow revealed that a lot more rabbits live on the #farm than I thought. #winter