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Entries from January 2009

Big Boy Meets Oprah

January 29th, 2009 · 1 Comment

In the Scrub Jays’ absence I have been playing with the two crows, placing peanuts on the fence for them to retrieve once I have retreated to a safe distance. Big Boy almost never approaches these directly. Starting from a perch in the big Eucalyptus tree to the south or the Mulberry tree to the [...]

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Tags: Birds · Photography

The Evolution of a Secular Humanist

January 12th, 2009 · 4 Comments

Once upon a time, a 25 year old cowboy was thrown from his horse in a Susanville rodeo. During the ensuing hospital visit, he was taken by a pretty little nurse… and she was both pretty and little, 4′ 11″ to be exact. But then again, all the other single men in the vicinity were [...]

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Tags: The Life Story