Dogwood. Hidden away under the canopy, reaching out and up to find sunshine in the PNW rain forest. Beautiful white spring flowers.

After leaving my beloved PNW when I was 12 to move to smoggy searing Los Angeles and missing the green and rain for 45 years, I’m back. We just bought a dogwood for the backyard. So excited for spring.

I’ll just leave this reference on copper nanotubes right here.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11433-013-5387-8

If you could speed the conveyor belt up, that would be greeeeat.

Benign fasciculation. It only used to happen after walking, and in my quads and calves. I swam competitively in division III and never happened in my upper body. I never worried about it. For folks that don’t understand the minimal and random nature of the ticks, here’s a good video.

https://youtu.be/zX8AzTp_tWc

K, riffing on rain. Sorry, on a tangent, but this will work for me:

Purple Rain" by Prince “November Rain” by Guns N’ Roses “Have You Ever Seen the Rain?” by Creedence Clearwater Revival “Rain” by The Beatles “Rainy Day Women #12 & 35” by Bob Dylan “Here Comes the Rain Again” by Eurythmics “I Can’t Stand the Rain” by Ann Peebles “Rainy Night in Georgia” by Brook Benton “Rain King” by Counting Crows

Only one missing is the REM song.

Ok. This is a perfect start to a playlist. I’ve never heard the Ann Peebles song.