And here is the Wannaskan Almanac with Word-Wednesday for June 10, 2026, the twenty-third Wednesday of the year, the twelfth Wednesday of spring, the second Wednesday of June, and the one-hundred sixty-first day of the year, with two-hundred four days remaining. Wannaska Phenology Update for June 10, 2026 Fireflies! Lampyridae — waawaatesi, in Anishinaabe — are a family of elateroid beetles with more than 2,400 described species, many of which are light-emitting. They are soft-bodied beetles, also known as fireflies, glow worms, lightning bugs, and lightningbugs for their conspicuous production of light, mainly during twilight, to attract mates. Adults are soft-bodied, elongated, and flattened. The exoskeletal plate covering the thorax (pronotum) is nearly as wide at the base as the forewings (elytra). Light production in fireflies is due to the chemical process of bioluminescence. This occurs in specialized light-emitting organs (known as photophores), usually located on a female fi...
We have all experienced it. That happy little trip to the bakery. That enticing and irresistible golden topping on a donut. The unavoidable purchase. The anxious anticipation...is it caramel? Is it maple? Then...the first bite...and the sting of disappointment. Some sick person has covered that pastry with peanut butter icing. Ah, the frustration. Peanut butter. Might as well have eaten a piece of broccoli or celery. Don't get me wrong. I am not anti-peanut, or more precisely, not anti-peanut butter frosting. It is just that it needs to be labeled. People should be aware of the flavor of frosting so they do not get PTSD...Post Tasting Stress Disorder. This all came to a head because I went to a luncheon the other day. They had the most amazing looking cake there. It had thick brown frosting which looked to me to be caramel. I knocked over several people getting to the ...