BY MICHAEL S. JOHNSON  |  APR 28, 2025 

Pondering the gravity and sometimes depravity of political events over the past four months has been exhausting. They have been too discombobulating to dwell on for very long.

To protect your sanity, sometimes it is better to just let the mind wander to things a little lighter that don’t require much cognitive activity. Let your mind flow freely through the randomness of life around you.

For example, this spring, as in every spring, I think about why nature produces so much pollen, why it is yellowish green, and why certain pollen affects some people more than others? Isn’t it odd that someone named Johnson is allergic to johnsongrass? I am.

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