Bruce Fellman on observing a rare species of fly, year after year:
Four Augusts ago, standing in this very spot, I noticed the very same sound which drew me to a small fly that hovered expertly above the rhubarb stems before it landed for a photo op. […] Semi-miraculously, the thicklegs returned in 2022, 2023, and 2024 — same time, same place.
Recurring annual and seasonal practices, like Bruce’s return to the rhubarb patch, have a kind of comfort about them, don’t they? Not hurried, yet requiring some preparation and care to maintain the routine.