The Stinky Herb
I am a person of many side gigs. To most friends, my main side gig is being an Aikido instructor in the evening. Everybody knows I am not available for evening engagements several days a week. To our Aikido students, however, my side gig is being a Master Gardener Speaker. Occasionally, for the sake of public education in horticultural science, I agree to skipping such an important matter as Aikido practice. This evening, I stayed home to give a Zoom gardening talk to a virtual gardening club. This was my first time speaking to this new group. To grow the group, the organizer was very eager to engage the members. One of the ideas she came up with was an "ice-breaker" segment at the begininng of the meeting. "Welcome, Everybody!" she greeted people. "So, the ice breaker question today is: 'If you were to be a food crop or herb, what would you want to be and why?'" The organizer started calling names of people on the computer scree...
