My love of birds is a generational gift received and now passed down.
Birder
Tag: Family
Poppies
The orange poppy symbolizes remembrance and the fleeting nature of life My poppies have never been bigger or brighter; their orange petals burst from their pods within days and are now spent. They come up every year in early June, their crepe paper petals so delicate they can be knocked from their stems by a [...]
Life Begins
For men life begins when the last child leaves home and the dog dies. Well, that is what has happened. It's just us now. Phil and I hold each other in the small exam room in the Vet's office. Phoebe, our 14 year old Lab is with Dr Sven in back. He is starting an [...]
Home Is Where You Make It
St Paul was not the twin of Minneapolis. For me it was more like a distant cousin. A gray old city way over there. I grew up on the west side by Medicine Lake, way over here. I visited downtown St Paul only once with my mother to buy tickets to see the Monkees during their [...]
Matriarchy 