Listening to the news again. I have to stop doing that. Life would be simpler then. But I heard a story today about Cicadas coming this summer.
The story went on to tell about how they live underground and only come out every 17 years and cause a nuisance while they are here to mate. Big news! It only happens every 17 years!
Wait a minute! That’s what they said last year. And the year before.
So I looked into it further. I know that we hear them singing every summer and are as much a symbol of summer as sunburn and picnics. We see the shells of them on the tree trunks where they shed them. Continue Reading…