Trivia

Q. Where does most beach sand come from?

A. Fragmenting rock off continental mountains. Quartz and feldspar, mostly. Lagniappe: If it’s too big to be called sand, it’s gravel. If too small, silt.

On some occasions I don’t know what to say when asked to leave voice mail. Might try this: “How do you spell kimono, rarefy, battalion, gorilla, picnicking, ukulele, diarrhea, renege, embarrass and shillelagh?” Voice mail can save a lot of time. Somebody’s time.

The male bluebird picks out three or four nesting sites and shows them to the female. Then she decides. A seller of real estate told me that.