So fellow travelers, high winds and wintery winds chills grounded an intended birding expedition yesterday. The morning was not a total loss, as the Cornell Ornithology Lab has a 24/7 hawk nest camera as well as several BOGs (birder on ground) who were livestreaming from various locations. Through their lenses I got to watch ospreys …
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Following an other than yellow brick road
So fellow travelers, it is not uncommon for me to check in online and find a post from someone announcing their decision to close out a social media profile. These announcements cite “rampant negativity,” “impersonal prattle,” “too personal revelations,” and a “lack of authentic connection” as reasons they consider the time spent on line as …
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Amphibious Ambivalence
So fellow travelers, by way of a followup to the Ponderous Thoughts post here is an updated edition of an earlier post from August 2013 about my pond
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Ponderous thoughts
So fellow travelers, as most folks know we’ve had one hell of a winter here in upstate New York. In fact, our local news station’s weather team recently posted a report that January through March is now noted as the coldest first quarter start to a year on record. You go Old Man Winter. Yay you. …
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On compassion and being a better human being
So fellow travelers, this morning’s post from author and CGBF mentor Jon Katz offers honest, raw insights on the subject of compassion. His book Saving Simon was a moving experience. I have seen a lot of suffering and heard worse in my years of volunteering with dog rescues; the description of Simon’s condition was by …
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The Barn Loft
So fellow travelers, a wondrous photo posted by Ken Newman this morning on the CGBF page landed on my heart speaking words which gently gathered into this Haiku. Sweet quiet bird songs Ripple gently through stillness Soft light sacred space May the peace of rebirth and renewal bless all hearts this quiet Easter morning. …
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Hope Whispers
So fellow travelers, lately the weight of life’s passages has weighed heavily on my heart. As I am apt to do when I need to recenter my soul, I went for a walk very early this morning inspite of the snow and wind which greeting me at my back door. As I walked these words …
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Swamped by Gratitude
So fellow travelers, as I alluded in a recent post there’s a story to be told about an annual event known as Birdathon. Once a year our local chapter of the Audubon Society holds a day long birding challenge known as the Birdathon. Birders have twenty four hours (midnight to midnight) to find and identify …
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Reality TV and Eggistential Viewpoints
So fellow travelers, my favorite reality TV program is back on air. Yes, this is a photo of hawks on their nest. I stopped watching Survivor many seasons ago. The Cornell Ornithology Lab has a live camera which follows a pair of nesting red tailed hawks every year. Big Red and Ezra have been back at …
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Rolling to Heaven
So fellow travelers, this is for a friend who just bid goodbye to her own sweet friend. One last marble here then gently carried on Wings riding to Heaven Rest in peace Fred. Thank you Lisa for sharing him with all of us.