Everyday Gifts: Texas Cicada

I’m starting a new series of posts about Everyday Gifts from the Universe. I think we all need to smile and feel joy in our lives amid so much pain and chaos. Here’s my first entry: For the past two months I’ve been hearing the loud chirring of cicadas, coming from the many trees and…… Continue reading Everyday Gifts: Texas Cicada

My Lifelong Love Affair With a Bug

My red-eyed Bug-Beau Cicadas in N. Kentucky It started in 1953 in Dayton, Kentucky, a small town on the Ohio River, the year I was born. Of course I don’t remember meeting him, since I was only two months old when he arrived. But I do recall the fossilized shell of one of his nymphs.…… Continue reading My Lifelong Love Affair With a Bug