All righty. Spring has finally arrived. That means yard work and lots of it. I just came inside and I smell like eau de red mulch, tree prunings and dirt. But it’s a good smell. I’ve been out doing my stoop labourer work digging out dandelions and other noxious green things and tossing grass seed into the holes. I’m not sure how well this approach will work, since our neighbours do nothing with their lawn but mow it once the weed seeds have done their dirty deeds. But I won’t give up on this. Every morning before work, I jam my feet into my work boots and rush out to snap the yellow heads off the damned pestilential dandelions. I’m not making wine with…

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