Category Archives: birds

December with Toddlers

December at our house involves lots of festive engagements, from choir concerts to school parties and stage productions.  We have been so busy and so full of sugar it is amazing to feel suddenly released  this week when winter vacation … Continue reading

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April in the Mountains

I saw a great horned owl today.  I mean, how can I make you understand?  I was walking in the eight inches of fresh snow, shivering in the dusk, when the movement of flight brought my eyes up just in … Continue reading

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“Fatal Bellmen”

I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls. Job 30: 29 I held an owl once, Freya. I held her many times actually. Not like a baby. No. One does not coddle, or cuddle, an owl.  She … Continue reading

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