I used to get hayfever every spring in Colorado. It got worst in early June. That has never been a problem here in Texas… …until this year. The hayfever has been going crazy on me the last few days. We saw something on the news that may be a contributing factor. The weather report referred to less-than-perfect visibility. We hadn’t noticed. The visibility culprit? African dust. A dust storm in the Sahara put enough dirt into the air that it has drifted across the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico to affect us. I wonder if that’s the unusual thing I’m reacting to; dust from Africa. That would explain why it’s a problem now and never has been before. Or, I suppose, my hayfever *could* have to do with the endless fields of sorghum in full bloom all around us.