Greetings, dear friends. Just a quick thought this week, something I’ve been pondering. I walked the yard with the pup the other day and saw this:

These are the seed pods of my butterfly weed. They do this every year, self seeding along a slope I keep wild to let the butterflies drink their fill.

Next summer’s beauty is already here. All I have to do is give it a chance to bloom.

Stay tuned for more on the Here’s a Quarter blog next week! As always, your thoughts and comments are always welcome – they are moderated (I know – adulting again), so they may take a little while to appear, but I read them all and appreciate that you were here. Thank you!

My new story collection is now available: Dog Days . I’d love to hear your thoughts if you check it out!