We call out to hear what is unspeakable, listen, then with the tools of language: music, phrasing, time and all the other elements of poetry making, we create
Long before the Heartland Institute was in the business of organizing events like the International Climate Change Conference they were hard at work trying to minimize the negative public perception that second-hand tobacco smoke was bad for your health

Black-tailed Gnatcatcher (Polioptila melanura) Plant Care Native region: Local Native Water needs: Low Exposure: Full Sun Mature size: 3'x3' Growth rate: Fast Flower color: Greenish White - Pale Yellow Flower season: Spring Pruning: None Cold Hardiness: 10 Degrees Nectar-producing: Yes Attracts pollinators: Yes Nighttime pollinators: No Butterflies or Moths: Yes Monarchs: No Larval host: Yes Bees: Yes Bats: No Birds: Yes Nest site: No Nest materials: No Rabbit-resistant: Yes Tortoises: No Growing Plants in the Desert Important Information The information presented here is, to the best of my knowledge, accurate and based on reliable research, personal experience in my own garden, observations from other gardens Ive visited, and time spent studying plants in their native habitats
Photo via Unsplash, Andres Siimon Splinter Smoking In most of the worlds technologically developed superpowers, it has been a long time since tobacco wielded what one might call universal social or economic clout
Notes: Top: Cinnamon, Clove