Many years ago, there were no blackhawks in the Albuquerque bosque. However, now there are a few, including nesting pairs. They are big bold birds with quite a call, heard in this video.
We’re never going to turn around and say, ‘You know, you’re right.’”
Nick Offerman on Trump, ‘Civil War’ and Ron Swanson – The Washington Post
“I just wanted to say to bigots of every stripe, ‘You’re never going to win,’” he says, summarizing his remarks. “It’s never going to get better for you. We’re never going to turn around and say, ‘You know, you’re right.’”
yellow-rumped warbler, Audubon’s subspecies
ladderback on suet
Put the message in the box, put the box into the car, drive the car around the world, ’til you’ve been heard
Gasp. Tears. My heart belonged to many bands growing up but World Party was extraordinary. I’m shaken. I wasn’t this sad for Zappa or even LCohen. “The look on their faces was ‘my god this is real!'”
It’s a great obit. (I always thought he was German.) Seek out his/their tunes.
Tangentially, I’m stunned to learn World Party originated “Is It Like Today?” I know that song as performed by Eliza Gilkyson. I prefer her less-pop version. “How could it come to this?” Wheels within wheels: I discovered this song at the end of the finale of The Finder, a quirky tv show you should have seen. The song blew my mind from the start. Sometimes, you don’t know who to thank for what.
western screech owl on birdcam
This was quite a surprise. What a cutie. Why was it on the suet feeder? Mer thought it saw the camera as eyes — mama? A friend sees it as a messenger from a dead friend.
That which is no more
Like many houses in Albuquerque, our old house had a niche in the hallway intended for a phone, including a slot for a thin phonebook. Even when we had a landline, we never used the niche for that purpose. Instead, it held a kachina most of the time, as well as my keys and wallet.
Years ago, our friends Ann and John sent us a stained-glass piece which happened to be exactly the size of a small window in the front door of the house. It was a natural fit. Imagine our surprise the first time we saw the sun shine through that stained glass to illuminate the niche by chance, if you believe in serendipity. This didn’t happen every day. Indeed, most of the year the blue light shone elsewhere. However, every February and October the light appeared in the hallway and over a few weeks’ time it drifted toward the niche until it full illuminated the niche a morning or two.
Twice a year, we watched this progression. Now, it is no more. The niche, the door, and the sun are as they have been for decades. But we are gone and we took the blue light and kachina with us. Now, we watch for movements of light in our new house. This will take time.
This video is 10 minutes realtime but I have sped it up 16x.
