Monday, November 15, 2004
yesterday on my stroll/wlk/hike I saw a pr of bluebirds. What made this noteworthy, apart from my abiding interest in that species, was seeing them here in the southern Appalachians in early Nov. It's taking me a while to get used to a fact that I saw last yr to the effect that bluebirds are around all the time, ie not migratory.
I built a new box for them, the ones that have nested in our front yd. The old box was still serviceable, but slightly under the recommended dimensions, altho they had successfully raised at least 4 broods in it.
And continue to receive occasional e-mails from a woman who I 1st knew as a little girl, & about that time, my wife also knew her. We graduated from a small grade shcool in 1945, & went on the three of us to the same high school, where we also graduated together. There was one get together of the hi school class last year, a re-union neither my wife nor I had any motivation to attend. Our friend went, more socially inclined than we, & continues to furnish us with tiny fragments regarding those classmates or the town we grew up in.
As of this writing neither my wife nor I regret missing the affair, tho now we get the occasional bulletin, so & so has ______ whatever, or has 'passed' or gotten yet another divorce. These are mostly people we never cared much for, & they seem to not have gotten any more appealing over the years.
One individual (male) we have gotten more contact with & as a picture emerges, it's rather amazing how little people change in basic ways over the years. Once a pain in the ass, always a pain in the ass.
I built a new box for them, the ones that have nested in our front yd. The old box was still serviceable, but slightly under the recommended dimensions, altho they had successfully raised at least 4 broods in it.
And continue to receive occasional e-mails from a woman who I 1st knew as a little girl, & about that time, my wife also knew her. We graduated from a small grade shcool in 1945, & went on the three of us to the same high school, where we also graduated together. There was one get together of the hi school class last year, a re-union neither my wife nor I had any motivation to attend. Our friend went, more socially inclined than we, & continues to furnish us with tiny fragments regarding those classmates or the town we grew up in.
As of this writing neither my wife nor I regret missing the affair, tho now we get the occasional bulletin, so & so has ______ whatever, or has 'passed' or gotten yet another divorce. These are mostly people we never cared much for, & they seem to not have gotten any more appealing over the years.
One individual (male) we have gotten more contact with & as a picture emerges, it's rather amazing how little people change in basic ways over the years. Once a pain in the ass, always a pain in the ass.
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