Grasshopper-pocalypseNow!

My garden is overrun with greedy, munching mandibles, and I’m not hoppy about it. WRITTEN & ILLUSTRATED & EVEN SPOKEN (!) by PETER MOORE

FOR MORE THAN A YEAR, I’VE BEEN RECORDING COMMENTARIES FOR FRONT RANGE NPR. Whenever something makes me laugh sufficiently, or disturbs me enough, my friends at KUNC invite me into the studio to get it out of my system. It’s better than a therapist’s couch, especially when the target of my loathing or laughter might be out there listening, and I can effect some measure of revenge. The mic is mightier than the sword, and all that. But not in this case, because grasshoppers don’t listen to NPR. It figures. They’re probably Republicans.

Here’s my angry rant against mandibles. They’re coming for you! (If you prefer to hear my voice, trembling with anti-insect rage, you can click here.)

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IT’S GRASSHOPPER SEASON IN COLORADO. That’s good news for birds and praying mantises, who enjoy eating them. But I’m freaked out about it. You might say I’m hopp…