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Kathleen Rhoades, PhD
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Some rejections hurt more than others. 😂
it's always such a delight to run into Liberty Hyde Bailey when doing historical fruit research
over half those trees are resprouting from last year's wood (rather than starting over again from the ground, which is common with extreme cold)
My persimmon breeding orchard in Spring Green is ~4200 trees, and of those trees only 144 failed to survive the winter
you used to be able to just make a forum website for free, did you know that?
In the 2000s my friend made a Warrior Cats roleplay fan forum and it got big enough that a few strangers showed up and it was, honestly, delightful for 12 year old me
I've settled on my new vice for 2026: Cherry Coke Zero
Yes, self promotion sucks, academics, but if you don’t do it nobody will find out about your work. The point is to publish and be read, not publish and hope you are discovered by fate, lifted out of a humble and pure obscurity so that you may be both famous and retiring
shoutout to the lady at the airport here who is starting her day with an avocado toast and a full glass of white wine
