 Good morning, John. I feel like probably we could all use a little change of pace, so I'm just going to sit in my yard, which has turned out quite lovely This year with just lots of plants And I just want to be In the plants and I'm taking a hue from you because question tuesday sounded good to me Sounded simple down like something I can do Joseph wants to know what my favorite pelican species is the brown pelican I know you're thinking white pelicans are much more majestic and there's that Dalmatian pellet there's lots of different kinds of pelicans But brown pelicans have the closest to my heart and they seem very nice They just seem like nice birds. I didn't expect there to be leaf blowing I thought birds song would happen. I thought, you know, this tree would touch me in the head the whole time. I didn't expect Yard work at nine o'clock at night. And yes, this is what it looks like at nine o'clock at night in montana Penguin corn says, how are you not constantly talking about your book? I'm reading it and unable to not keep talking about it. That's great and I love talking about my book I mean, I said I loved you, but this is a little much now I love talking about my book and I love hearing people talk about my book and I spend a lot of time Reading the things that people are saying about my book. That is a fun little bird noise. What are you? Swallows my neighbor's windows are open and he can absolutely hear everywhere. I'm saying hello swallows Hello I suggest if you have the opportunity to go look at birds whenever you can High quality great organisms God wants to know what's been my favorite song to listen to recently Think about things by daddy frayer. I know I'm not pronouncing that right. That's all that's the only one. It's so good Paper wants to know if I could spare some change for gas money Uh, absolutely. Just let me know your Venmo. Sarah wants to know why pelicans. They're just really good birds in general I've been on a bird kick lately. Thanks to jason ward mostly you should check out his show and I just love it They're just good and pelicans are maybe the best of them. Is that controversial? Probably is it entirely subjective? Definitely, but I love them. Look at them. Look at this one. Look at this one. This one This one. How is that not your favorite bird? Rachel just was diagnosed with ADHD and a lot of things are clicking into place advice. Gosh you guys 915 biggest piece of advice is just because your brain works different Doesn't mean that it works worse also watch how to ADHD Great channel different cat wants to know who did you play when you did rocky horror shows? I've tried numerous times to find out. Well, maybe I should just like go ahead and show the photo It was all worth it Wasn't it? I was rocky if you didn't know what that means. Rachel wants to know what my favorite microorganism is I'm gonna go with lacrimaria, but that's just today. Who knows how I'll feel tomorrow I don't think we've done a microcosmos just on lacrimaria yet We talk about them a lot in the predation episodes because they're great at eating stuff I think we're gonna do a specific lacrimaria episode soon and finally laura asks this question It's getting dark out and likewise. She says these are dark days So how do you lift your head to the light when the darkness is so heavy? Oh my laura I make things with people I love when I have the opportunity to do that I also look at birds and I think that that's really important and I I try and let my curiosity lead me To interesting places because finding stuff out and this is just for me is one of the only like completely Undependent on the rest of the world things That brings me satisfaction and joy that and of course other people in my relationships and I think that finding strength in community And love that's the thing that's carrying me through so I hope that there are opportunities for that for you as well John thank you for being a part of that of that curiosity of that making stuff and of that love And I will see you Not this tuesday, but next tuesday because you're taking tuesday off. Oh my god a mosquito. Oh jeez I'm really got to go inside now. I hope my neighbors Understand that this is what I do