A Leap Year early surprise
Confucius reigns both in our world and that of the birds methinks! With the temperatures being all over the place in this, the early...
A natural woman
International Women’s Day used to be a controversial concept for men: why should there be a day just for women? Is that not sexist?...
Tribute to a Truck Driver
by Brent Keating
I thought up a poem about you coffee drinking, gear jamming, double clutching, highway hauling concrete cowboys and your 18 wheelers, using...
Mmm! Beak and tongue licking good!
My, what a difference the varying weather has brought upon the birds' normal activities. Some of the "ground feeders" have even resorted to seeking...
Choosers can’t be beggars
About a year ago, I pulled into a gas station near my home and noticed something new, but not surprising. Signage indicated a new...
Print media – not dead yet
The death of newspapers, magazines, in fact all print media, has been declared repeatedly in the past decade or so. On-line platforms, both social...
Just for a (Horned) Lark!
Having struggled to think of garden bird things to write about for my last week’s article, the other day I, decided to venture out...
Today it’s a Slow birds’ day!
I, and probably quite a few of you, are wondering what has happened to our birds. Even though the feeders are well stocked, there...
A day with real heart
It would be easy to think of Valentine’s Day, February 14, as another Hallmark invention, designed to sell greeting cards and create annual anguish...
Counterfeit Christians
A friend told me about something he heard that really got to me: “Forget about putting Christ back into Christmas, try putting Christ back...