And here is the Wannaskan Almanac with Word-Wednesday for June 17, 2026, the twenty-fourth Wednesday of the year, the thirteenth Wednesday of spring, the third Wednesday of June, and the one-hundred sixty-eighth day of the year, with one-hundred ninety-seven days remaining. Wannaska Phenology Update for June 17, 2026 Wild Roses Rosa blanda — oginiiminagaawanzh — in Anishinaabe, also known as smooth rose, meadow/wild rose, or prairie rose, is a species native to Wannaska. A colony-forming shrub growing up to three feet high, wild rose can be found in prairies and meadows and forests, oh my! Among roses, oginiiminagaawanzh is the closest we come to a "thornless" rose. The flowers are perfect, by definition: /PÉ™R-fÉ™k(t)/ adj., BOTANY, (of a flower) having both stamens and carpels present and functional, i.e., bisexual. Blooming in early summer, the flowers are borne singly or in corymbs [KÄR-im(b)/ n., a flower cluster whose lower stalks are proportionally longer so that the ...
Why I'm Canceling My Metamorphosis Subscription (Translated from Tadpolese) By Toby the Tadpole | June 16, 2026 Hello, fellow pond-dwellers. It’s your favorite sleek, aerodynamic water-bullet, Toby. Or at least, I used to be sleek. I woke up this morning, stretched my perfectly streamlined body, and felt a weird, ungodly pop in my lower half. I looked back, and bam—stubby little hind legs. I am officially furious. I’d like to speak to the manager of biology, please, because I am opting out. Honestly, who designed this whole "growing up" process? For weeks, I’ve been the fastest swimmer in the shallows. My skin was smooth, youthful, and perfectly plump. Now? I’m getting a little bumpy around the edges. And my sleek, glorious tail—my defining feature, my absolute pride and joy—is shrinking. I hear from the reeds that I’m going to lose it entirely. What’s next? Am I going to start losing my eyesight and asking younger fish to read the algae labels for me? Let's talk abou...