Starting out from Brooklyn, an amateur naturalist explores our world.
As John Burroughs said, “The place to observe nature is where you are.”
In the Japanese turnip greens, purchased in Brooklyn but sourced in Lancaster PA. Perhaps one of the threeband slugs of the genus Amibigolimax.
Sautéed the greens after a good washing, with some lettuce, garlic, and hot pepper flakes. The turnips themselves, which are quite small, were peeled and chopped up for a bean salad.
I pray the slug was returned to its natural habitant, and not sautéed, with a perhaps shred or two of the turnip greens to sustain the creature.
And I thought about little Gary with every bite.
Backyard and Beyond 
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