Finally finished my manuscript. Spent most of my life digging ditches & landscaping in the south & writing these 70k some-odd words has been one of the hardest things I’ve ever done. Now to find somebody to help me do something with it.

I’m pretty sure this is a spotted bolete but the fact that it’s so perfect & bug free is throwing me off. They’re good edibles & the varmints love em. Ye hardly ever find em this pristine. What a beauty.

Green Quilted Russula. A tasty edible but it doesn’t grow in flushes so ye have to do some lookin to find enough for a hearty meal. The bugs love em too so ye wanna get em early & inspect em thoroughly.