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Remember the eclipse in April, the auroras a weekend ago? These have been once-in-a-lifetime experiences in this most beautiful spring.
Almost full moon again. Days of rain and sun. The irises are blooming now---and peonies!
It may be "no mow May" but I can hear a power mowers down the street. Yes, the grass is growing so fast, and so are the milkweeds. It seems to me there are more wildflower gardens and prairie gardens this year. And vegetable gardens, too.
Now is the time for planting. So many varieties of peppers and tomatoes! Eggplants, beans, zucchini....You can find them at plant centers, hardware stores. The Jewel has them too, along with hanging baskets of begonias.
People feel an urgency to be outside. For some, this means working in the dirt, to feel warm earth in their hands.
Maybe this happens every year about this time. but this year, there are 17-year cicadas emerging, too. We have been waiting for them, here in Oak Park. I saw the first shells yesterday. Today, Sunday, I saw some in flight!
I felt graced by a creature that knows the warming ground, the feel of the trees, the urgency of life. There is something ancient, primordial about them. For a moment, we share the same air, under the same sun.
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