We are a commune of inquiring, skeptical, politically centrist, capitalist, anglophile, traditionalist New England Yankee humans, humanoids, and animals with many interests beyond and above politics. Each of us has had a high-school education (or GED), but all had ADD so didn't pay attention very well, especially the dogs. Each one of us does "try my best to be just like I am," and none of us enjoys working for others, including for Maggie, from whom we receive neither a nickel nor a dime. Freedom from nags, cranks, government, do-gooders, control-freaks and idiots is all that we ask for.
They go by several other names too (Miniature Watermelons, Mouse Melon), but I never had them until last week in Georgia. They cut them in half and put them in salads at our inn along with the cherry tomatoes, etc. Crunchy, refreshing little cucumber-like things about an inch long. Grow prolifically on vines. Be the first in your neighborhood. I ordered some seeds right away.
Another good thing they grew in their gardens was a tangy peppery green which is new to me, Curly Mustard, or Mustard Mizuna. Use it when the leaves are young.
And lots of Mache, of course. Down there, you must do many sequential plantings of greens, but in summer they must be shaded.
Syd Barrett, founding member of Pink Floyd, gradually sank into psychosis during the group's early days. The group wrote this remarkable homage to him (this performed by David Gilmour):
Have you tried any, whether medicinally, recreationally, or for self-medication?
I don't mean during college, but in adulthood. I've tried the 5 mg. gummies for sleep. They seem to work, and do not give you any mental experience. Makes you a bit lazy in the morning, so I don't use them anymore. I haven't smoked any weed since grad school. Not much then, either.
Temperamentally, I always had respect for my elders despite some adolescent rebellion and stupidity which lasted too long.
In college, we all had to read The Epic of Gilgamesh, The Code of Hammurabi, the Egyptian Book of the Dead, Hesiod, the Iliad and the Odyssey, the Old Testament, and lots of more modern things like Plato. Foundational things. Yeah, parts of the New Testament too. Good (required) intro to everything wonderful. I had a good liberal arts education but we were too young and stupid for it.
Do American colleges have lots of lectures nowadays - not for credit, but just for general interest outside of politics? I don't know. I am grateful for Youtube.
I was interested then, but it was more dutiful. Now I have a different sense of time. Gilgamesh feels recent.
This guy tells you lots about the Gilgamesh epic but too little of the story and maybe too much about the archeology. All fun:
2:14a: But Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed them,
2:36 "Therefore let the entire house of Israel know with certainty that God has made him both Lord and Messiah, this Jesus whom you crucified."
2:37 Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and to the other apostles, "Brothers, what should we do?"
2:38 Peter said to them, "Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ so that your sins may be forgiven; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
2:39 For the promise is for you, for your children, and for all who are far away, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to him."
2:40 And he testified with many other arguments and exhorted them, saying, "Save yourselves from this corrupt generation."
2:41 So those who welcomed his message were baptized, and that day about three thousand persons were added.
Admittedly, they contain almost no nutrition but when they are good (rarely, unless home-grown varieties), they are great to eat anyway.
Around a week ago I started a bunch from seeds indoors. Odd varieties, yellow, purple, striped, and mico cherry tomatoes. They are already popping up in the potting mix.
They go by several other names too 
Kindness all around us:
I like to grow them in high pots so they can spill over. They want to be vines, not exactly upright plants.
I like it for noodles, or as a salad dressing. I like a little hot pepper sauce in it too, sometimes.
Kay S. Hymowitz: 
Legendary bad boy, the Earl of Rochester,
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