Dorothy Parker said it best: "I hate writing but love having written."
The hating part is now underway.
I am doing a piece for Clemson University's science magazine, Glimpse, about how plants communicate. 
Communicate? 
With whom, or should I ask with what?
This is where it gets interesting. 
I'm off to interview Julia Frugoli, who researches how plants send messages from "roots to shoots."