Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for October 23, 2019

The Uncle Ben people are expecting a discount.

Down on the down bayou why you never know just what you’re doing

Not dinky dau.

Rice paddy does manage to survive a bit of flooding.

I guess Mom will be making a lot of Zhongzi’s this year.

Rice is nice—that’s what they say.

Mothers always seem to know the right thing to do.

Looks like she got the string beans in before the flood! ;o]

when I got back I taught my dog to respond to Vietnamese it was hilarious

Could have planted Cranberries.Mom has that infectious smile ;)

I hear that the post-cotton soil in the South (and elsewhere) has a lot of arsenic in it, which rice naturally absorbs and retains. I was advised to look for Basmati rice from southern California.

Maybe it was northern California.

300 acres? Wasn’t it just yesterday she was commenting on how small the farm was?

Reminds me of the story behind the fiddle tune, “Great Big Potatoes in Sandy Land”.

So, now all she needs to do is have the house raised up about 10 feet, pour a new Foundation and build a Concrete Wall around the new “Basement”. Without any Doors or Windows to let the water in. The “Front Steps” are going to be a lot longer than they used to be.

Where did his gloves suddenly come from?