Bigfeet and bargains

My girlfriend, Wyndi, was editing a story for her paper and asked me, “What’s the plural of Bigfoot?” I was silent for long enough for her to ask the question again. I told her that the question confused me because there is only one Bigfoot.

A double-take down the garden path

I’ve been getting into gardening lately. Specifically, I’m cultivating a native perennial garden designed to support monarchs and other crucial pollinators. If I see you and you ask me what I’ve been up to lately, I’ll talk about the latest seedling that just popped up in the garden.

‘Here’s to the Night’

“Here’s to the night we felt alive. Here’s to the tears you knew you’d cry. Here’s to goodbye. Tomorrow’s gonna come too soon.

DPL unveils Tails & Tales

The Dublin Public Library officially kicked off its Tails and Tales Summer Reading Program when it started handing out reading logs on May 14 Readers can pick up a log at the library and record the books they are reading. Logs can be turned in between July 1 and July 31 by 2 p.m.

Berry’s Picks

Harvesting Small Grains for Forage There are thousands of acres of small grains grown in the county for forage production, both hay and silage.

Fenceline Chatter

Stinging caterpillar season has started! “Spring foliage has brought on an abundance of caterpillars, a few of whom carry irritating or even venomous hairs,” said Janet Hurley, AgriLife Extension integrated pest management.

A lightning round of linguistic limbo

The English language is nutty. It can be understood through tough, thorough thought, though. I wanted to find a way to add the word “trough” to the last sentence, but I feared being thrown out throughout the touted trout throat. See? I knew it wouldn’t work. Yes, English is wild.

A tendentious excoriation of sesquipedalianism

At some point, you learned the word “antidisestablishmentarianism.” You may not know what it means, but at least you know it. Never mind that it has to do with people who wanted to maintain the Anglican Church’s status as the official Church of England in the 1800s — it has 12 syllables!

CORRECTION

A letter from Dubliner Richard Burney was mistakenly transcribed with the word “defund” written as “defend.” The Citizen regrets the error.

May is National Foster Care Month

Each May, National Foster Care Month takes place to acknowledge the families and professionals who help the more than 423,000 children and youth in foster care find permanent homes.