a jar of angry bees

"Okay I want sustainable woodworking and logging to be kind of a core feature of this ethnic group's trade and relative self-sufficiency, so I'm gonna do some research on logging. What's that word for when you float logs down a river? I should probably put them near a river. Hell yeah geographical feature. That is a thing I can add to a map. I'm so good at worldbuilding. Oh you have to cure lumber before it can be usable--that makes sense, that's why it doesn't rot. Okay gonna watch this video on curing wood. Huh this video's kinda boring and a little too modern in terms of my worldbuilding. Oh! I had that really neat old-timey book on woodworking I stole from my dad! I'm gonna get it!

Huh New Jersey had cedar swamps?

New Jersey cleared out its cedar swamps so bad that by the 1800's they were literally mining hunks of dead cedar out of the swamp like how Irish people in peat bogs would haul perfectly-preserved centuries-old logs out of the peat and use them for firewood?

They cleared out the trees that bad?

Google New Jersey Cedar Swamps

Google New Jersey Cedar Swamps Restoration

Google Atlantic White Cedar

Google Who is Saving the Cedar Swamps

Oh shit my notes doc that's right I was going to write.

Google Cranberry Bog Rewilding

Google Cedar Swamps Restoration (again)

Yuna's one is like, "HOLY SHIT THE CENTAURS ARE IN THE PLAYOFFS! I never thought I'd be so excited to say that. 😂 This is such a huge achievement and I couldn't be more proud of you! This means I'm finally going to have to cave and by an Ottawa jersey. Don't tell David I told you, but he's still drying his eyes about it. Bubbly when you and Shane come over on Saturday for SURE, okay? Love you lots. SO proud."

And David's is like, "You did it, Cap! I know how hard you worked for this and it's paid off. We'll be cheering you on for every game. I am so unbelievably proud of you, kiddo. Love you lots - can't wait to see you and Shane on Saturday."

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