The oldest known, living wild bird in the world is a Laysan albatross, at 64 years of age. She showed up recently at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, just in time for the breeding season. There are more photos here, if your voyeuristic nature is piqued, of what happens when she and her mate see each…
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Happy Birthday, Robert.
“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I — I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.” Today, I honor Robert Lee Frost, the poet who endorsed free thinking and a “forge your own path” philosophy for life in his poem The Road Not Taken. Or did he? A…
Happy Birthday, Joyce
Earlier, on the trail, they’d seen it. The massive dog. Tugging at its master’s leash, so that the young man’s calves bulged with muscle as he fought to hold the dog back. Grunting what sounded like “Damn, Rob-roy! Damn dog!” in a tone of exasperated affection. Signs along the trail forbade dogs without leashes. At…
Happy Birthday, Walt
“The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity.” Writing advice from America’s poet, Walt Whitman, whose 195th birthday is today.
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