Wannaskan Almanac

 Good morning (or afternoon) and welcome to a beautiful hot sunny day in Philadelphia, here at the Wannaskan Almanac! Today is June 13th. BOOM! I’m back. My lovely mother has once again successfully bribed me into writing a post for her, this time in return for a free month of Apple TV + so I can watch Formula One. Nevertheless it feels quite nice to return every once in a while, to drop in and tell the world what I’ve been up to, and what I will be up to. Let's get into it! To start off, I am (mostly) done with my sophomore year at Drexel University. I just finished my finals for spring term yesterday to conclude a nice, busy year. It's been full of gen-eds, monotonous classes required for my major, and some fun recording classes in the music studio here and there. I’m only mostly done with my sophomore year though, since Drexel is an all year round school I’m required to spend the summer here taking classes, but it’s pretty low key. For those that aren't aware, I have bee...

  I identified the birds in the following photos with the Merde App developed at the U of Turkey Disclaimer: I asked AI to write a post as written by a sixth grader in Mr Hot Coco's Science class. Song sparrow  Robin Yellowthroat Warbler Raven Flamingo (very rare)

  A Palmville Story Reprint of 2019     "‘Lo?"     "Yah Sven! Dis ‘ere’s yer neighbor, Also Bjorn N. Sveden. ‘ow ya been? 'aven't seen you fer avile."   "Yah ...?"        "Vell, I vas vunderin’ if’n you’d be intrestad in doin’ some tractor drivin’ fer me and me dad, Bjorn N. Sveden. Ve lost our tractor driver Tracy vatsisname to dat dam toy factory, an’ ve need anudder driver, purdy quick. Ve vas t’inkin’ ‘bout you, mebbe?" A typical Palmville tractor    "If’n you vas t’inkin’ ‘bout me, yer disperate I’m knowin’. Did everbody else say, ‘no’? Even me vife, dun’t t’ink of me for no yobs, cuz I’m retired you know. I verked meself into dis ‘ere state at da toy factory fer over t’irty’tree years til all I can do gud iss drink tew Extra Stouts  after five oh-clock pee em, an' vatch Youtube videos on me computer in dis ‘ere basement relivin’ me glory days as a fookin’ forklift driver, pardon ...

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 ...

THIRD MOVEMENT REMEMBERING   SONG FOURTEEN LIGHT DANCING II The day goes down silent             The sun disappears in rain             We enter deeply into shadows             Sleepless walkers we stop only                         to release our own water                                     under dripping branches                                  ...