I will never forget the girl who was both allergic to DEET and highly reactive to mosquito bites. It was her first year tree planting and my second. Every night her eyes swelled shut, and every morning she tucked dryer sheets into her shirt collar and spritzed herself with mouthwash in the hope of mitigating another…
Elaine Anselmi
Elaine Anselmi is a freelance journalist. Mosquitoes have bitten her in every province and territory, except PEI.