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...