[Magdalen] Cicadas

[Clarissa Canning]

I first encountered these as a child must have been in Maryland.  then the
Brood II as part so New Jersey were hit, I had visited my sister.

On Sat, Apr 16, 2016 at 12:50 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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?!")
> >
>