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Season of the wasp

Laura Tonkyn
Nov 4, 2023
Nov 4, 2023

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I’ve had several neighborly conversations lately, talking about this and that, where said neighbor’s eyes suddenly bug out while they jump back. They skitter away in horror as their trembling lips utter an ominous warning: a wasp!

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Laura Tonkyn has spent 40 years becoming as self-sufficient as possible with her jack-of-all-trades husband, Art, on their eight-acre homestead in the Black Hills of South Dakota. She has written/edited for a number of local/regional papers, including the Rapid City Journal and Faces Magazine. Reach her at laura.tonkyn@gmail.com.