June 2012
Who knew that managing bananas was both a skill and an art. I wish I’d taken classes in school. First, you need to know how green a bunch to get then you soon learn they all ripen at once. You also learn that if you cut the stalk, it leaks a clear, sticky fluid that turns dried-blood-red-brown the next day and refuses to come off no matter what you do (this is why the bunch is hanging where it is).
Our cushions and dingy now look a little like a brutal crime scene. We have been told that the stains fade in the sun – we’re still waiting to see if that’s true.
Bananas are so plentiful here that they aren’t even sold in the stores. Why would anyone need to buy them? Why wouldn’t you just go to your front yard and pick a bunch? Because our front yard is small and bananas won’t grow on fiberglass (at least not yet).–Rich
