...Welp, the fact that the hurricanes are going after our vital fluids... (Remembering Maria hitting Puerto Rico, and taking out the IV bag production back in 2018)

...Yep, I can easily see that happening in more states.

....Ok, I might need that in my kitchen.

Ah, the fabled Kombucha SCOBY plains of heaven...

The one I have would NOT do well here. That I am already certain of. I would need to obtain a more....professionally made one with wood that was treated against the rigors of the humidity here.

Always meant to pick it back up...(I was actually working on a Tom Lehrer tune when I lost impetus)

(I had started learning in 2007, after I moved to WV from MD....back when the area was moderately sane, and I had a good teacher in town. I stopped around when my first wife got very ill from cancer (2013))

(And it was still more optimistic than I feel where things are going to be after the next election, even if Harris/Walz wins the national election.)

I never want to work for a "For Profit Social Services/Support Contractor" EVER AGAIN. And....DAMMMMNNNNN did the hopes and dreams that we worked towards in my old programs die a horrible death in WV.

I burned out after almost 8 years (this was in the 90s) I did go back into when I first moved to WV (2007)...and I learned a few things.