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Looking for unusual birds
The other day Susan and I went out in search of Dickcissel and Henslow’s Sparrow, which we found along with a lot of other things. We stopped to look at Turkey Vultures in the road then we saw a doe with three fawns. We’re used to seeing lots of Northern Mockingbirds when we visit the…
Father’s Day 2026
Over the years I have known a lot of great fathers, some in my family, some were friends. Four high school friends who all live in or near Ann Arbor. Steve in the upper left, me in the upper right and the two Tom’s below. We graduated 57 years ago and have been friends since…
Books and book reviews
So, in continuing reading books related to the Trojan War I recently read two books by Dan Simmons – Ilium and Olympos. These strange, convoluted, but interesting books were “loosely” about the Trojan War, but also included aliens, modern and post-modern humans. Essentially, there were four or five distinct and quite different stories being told…
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