If any season of the year feels like it speeds along, it’s this one between Thanksgiving and the end-of-year holidays. Days are short, activities plentiful, and to-do lists long. It feels like we all have a lot of balls in the air. At our friend Pat’s house, more than balls are in the air. … Continue reading Maneuvering
Tag: Squirrels
A Trick of the Light
On a fabulous autumn day this week, I took the dog for a walk in Gallup Park. The paths follow the river so, counting reflections, there was twice as much color there as there is here. There were other people at the park with the same good idea, but it’s unlikely any of them were… Continue reading A Trick of the Light
Raucous Ruckus
There are three birdbaths in the back yard, and we hadn’t seen much action at any of them this summer. That changed Tuesday afternoon, when the big one with the Water Wiggler suddenly became the place to be. It was robin versus starling out there. Also, starling versus starling and, apparently, starling versus birdbath. … Continue reading Raucous Ruckus
Taking It Like a Dog
As we approach a year of living under the constraints of CoVid-19, those of us still here are feeling dejected. Who imagined we’d experience a pandemic in our lifetimes? That we’d close the schools? That churches would be open for neither Easter nor Christmas nor, quite possibly, Easter again? That a trip to the… Continue reading Taking It Like a Dog