While out for lunch with my youngest daughter, we beheld a gathering of blue and gold Macaws apparently chatting while their custodian is having a meal at Boulanger. They are not tethered in any way, nor was their guardian anywhere in … Continue reading
Reportage of yet another spirited conversation with the husband. This time, I commented on a New Yorker piece that he said I would like. I did like it. This is a profile of Jake Fiennes. Yes, that family. Joseph is … Continue reading
It’s Saturday morning and the first thing I did when I woke up was go to the window that looks across the road. I can see across this road this morning. I can’t see anything beyond that. Welcome to a … Continue reading
Welcome to 5780. May it be a good and sweet year. Australia has been there for a day already and tested the waters, so check our news to find out what the early part of the year is like. Jewish … Continue reading
My cousin Lee has loaned me a wonderful book called Fastest Things on Wings by Terry Masear. It’s a memoir of Masear’s early days as a hummingbird rehab specialist–how she fell into it, stuck with it through the nadir days … Continue reading
Six loons swam in a tight circle less than six feet in diameter. Every now and then, a loon would dive into the center of the circle and vanish, and a little while later one would pop up to the surface and rejoin the circle. The whole thing smacked of the occult. After a while I felt I was intruding on a private and unquestionably magical ritual peculiar to loons, and ought to move the hell on before I offended. So I moved on.
Continue readingI was plugging away at formatting a book last week when Gracie made the odd little noise that means, Bird at the feeder! Ooh, I want me some feathers! Watch me stalk it right through this window! “Leave it alone, … Continue reading
I’m a cat person. I’ve had a number of cats over the years, with my favorite being the one in the picture, Mahasamatman, the Lord of Light, commonly known as Sam. He’s been gone for about 15 years — about … Continue reading
by Jennifer Stevenson My husband keeps the bird feeders filled, bless him. He has a regular feeder with three canisters: one for cracked corn, one for sunflower seed, and one for mixed seed. He has a thistle seed feeder just … Continue reading
