Hey friends, before we start the show, we want to give a quick shout out to a few members of our Patreon family.

That's right. We want to send a big ola to our amigas Elle and Maggie, their mama, Catherine, and their

Papa Dave. Hello, amigos. We heard that you all have some special mascottas or pets that live in a box in your garage.

I'll give a few hints to our listeners.

They are small, wiggly, they love to eat dirt, and their name in Spanish is busanos.

Any guesses, amigos?

If you said worms, very well. Elle and Maggie have a box of gusanos in their garage that help them make compost, which is so amazing.

Evan and I used to have a compost bin when we lived in Oregon, and we had some gusanos of our own.

Worms are so important to keeping the soil and compost healthy,

and we hope they're helping you grow lots of beautiful fruits and vegetales.

Thank you all so much for being such amazing and eco-friendly listeners,

and for all your love and support.

We also want to give a shout out to our amigos, Christine, Joshua, and Mary, and their

mama, Aaron.

Hello, amigos.

We think it's so wonderful that you all listen to the show together as a familia.

You know, I lived in a familia with three siblings also.

I was the middle child, and it was a lot of fun because there was always

someone to play games with like hide and seek or football or tennis. It's a lot of fun to have

edmanos and admonas and it makes us so happy to know that you all are out there listening and

learning and laughing together with us. Muches gracias for all of your love and support, Amigos.

It is great!

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