[Magdalen] Cicadas

[Jay Weigel]

Grace, just be careful *how* you swat at the dang things. Remember what
happened to me when I swatted at a stink bug a couple of summers ago!

On Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 11:44 PM, M J _Mike_ Logsdon <mjl at ix.netcom.com>
wrote:

> I discovered the infernal beasts in the summer between my 5th and 6th
> grade year, on a vacation with my parents.  On our way out of California,
> we campgrounded at Needles.  I was walking with my Pop through the
> campground the first evening, and I finally had to ask:  "Why did they
> build a campground so close to an electrical transformer?  The noise is
> deafening!"  Pop pointed to the trees, and I learned about God's gift of
> cicadas.  Birds and the bees, cicadas and the trees.  Both were just about
> as mind-blowing for me.  (Note to self at the time:  "Jesus, God, what were
> you thinking?!")
>