And then there’s the local seasonal agricultural cycle—-which I’m having to relearn, having moved into a vastly different climate from the city where I’d spent 90+% of my life. Michigan-based Meijer’s annual autumn Bulk Apple special(1) ain’t happening on Florida’s Gulf Coast. Conversely, I have now had an opportunity to learn that dragonfruit, in season and grown locally, actually warrants the hype.

(1)Ohio Meijer’s stores have been known to advertise the apples as sourced from “That Place Up North”; apple season overlaps with football season, which is Serious Business in the Great Lakes area.