rehab is for quitters

Vincent, who else but you could put the stars in the sky?

If you must cut something short, let it be only your ear,

not your life.

In June, the wildberry bushes will grow again,

the nightingales will follow us with sweet song

through the darkest

of our darknesses, and I will see Vita again.

Remember the wheat fields and orchards,

the view from your asylum window -

and I will remember my Leonard,

my long afternoon walks.

There is a saying that goes like this:

all geniuses go mad.

Well, my dear Vincent,

I’m quite certain we already have,

but

Okay, so I might get a lot of hate for this, I might not. I don’t particularly care either way, as long as word gets out about this, because it’s extremely important to me.

As I’m sure most people know by now, bees are disappearing at alarming rates. Simply put, our entire species could not survive without them. This is due to a syndrome called Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD).

Many vegans opt to use agave nectar instead of honey, because agave nectar is plant based. But harvesting of agave nectar is threatening the existence of two other endangered species: Mexican long-nosed bats (who live strictly off of nectars - primarily agave nectar) and the Jaguarundi (a solitary feline who basically looks like a love child between a jungle cat and a ferret.) Approximately 113,126 acres of these animals’ habitat were destroyed from 1991 to 2000, and more has been destroyed since.

On the other hand, beekeepers are essential to increasing bee populations. They monitor the bees’ health and help protect them from dangerous parasites and pesticides that are suspected to cause CCD. In addition, well-kept bees never need to use the amount of honey they produce; Honey is made by the bees to consume only when there is not enough food for them outside the hive. In the care of a good beekeeper, this will only happen during the winter months, and the keeper will leave enough honey for the bees to thrive until it’s spring again.