Arkansas Loon Flies to Minnesota

Arkansas Loon Flies to Minnesota

A story has a beginning, a middle, and an end. So does a gourd. A gourd starts with a seed, just as a story starts with the germ of an idea. The similarity between a gourd and a story is interesting. Among my stash of gourds, I searched until I found one whose bottom part resembled […]

A Perfect Summer Day

An interesting discovery this morning: the musical note of the mourning dove I heard in the backyard is C. Wondering just what it was, I checked it out on the piano. Do all doves call in C? I don’t even want to find out! Speaking of birds, there were at least two tiny and featherless tragedies […]