Thank you for all the kind comments in response to this morning's post. I want and plan to respond to some of them individually, but don't yet feel entitled to either comfort or absolution. And yeah, like I think I said, I know in my mind that I can't shoot magical death rays into anyone's brain, and so cannot have done this thing. But my heart ... isn't convinced.

Anyway, I managed to get some seeds started today: three kinds of cucumbers, three kinds of eggplant, Padron peppers, shiso, and l...