Category Archives: dogs and other animals

Ben Franklin wanted to make the turkey our national bird…

I think I mentioned that fact in one of my posts where I was telling you about our adventure with the bald eagles. I am not saying that the turkey is not a noble bird… but it would be a … Continue reading

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Birds and words… the final chapter…

Even if you aren’t one of the people who find birds interesting, surely that picture, taken by my daughter Mollie, of a bald eagle taking flight, will make something stir inside you. That being said, I seem to recall that … Continue reading

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Birds and words… part 7…

I saw a bald eagle! This is the very first time I have ever seen one in the wild, even though I have lived in America all my life. They are big birds, but they aren’t easy to spot. The … Continue reading

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Birds and words… part 6…

Now, in our continuing story of our holiday camping adventure, we come to the majestic love dance of the western grebe. Grebes are adorable little water birds with bright red eyes. When they aren’t looking for food, they are looking … Continue reading

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Birds and words… part 5…

So, I know that most of you probably don’t give much of a crap about birds one way or the other… My mom got me interested in bird watching. I saw a cool bird near her house when we were … Continue reading

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Birds and words… part 4…

Here is another of my weird bird experiences on our camping adventure over the Thanksgiving holiday. There was this little scrub jay sitting on a fence. I just kept walking slowly closer and closer to it. He let me get … Continue reading

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Birds and words… part 3…

So… yeah… back to my weird bird adventures… We went camping over the holiday week, to be near my wife’s aunt up in Solvang. You should Google Solvang. It is an adorable little Scandinavian town. They passed a law that … Continue reading

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Evolution revisited…

Just something to think about…

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Oh man… I crack me up…

That was not easy to do, by the way…

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We need to bring the democratic party and the republican party together… the final chapter… finally…

There it is… the perfect representation of the American political system… two rear ends capable of producing nothing but an endless supply of pure crap… really, what else is there to say?

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