10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 23, 2023
A kingfisher with a somewhat deficient work ethic, I guess. In retrospect, it kind of makes me wonder what image the organizers who booked the hotel for me had of German academic visitors … So much for my quasi-madeleine moment, though of course less emotionally attractive than the one described by Mr. Proust. Or speluncaphobia?
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 1, 2013
There have been three books written about Pale Male and 2 movies made about him, and saying that he was the bird that sparked my birding obsession makes me feel like I am living out an urban cliché. That wholeness is missing here, probably because it is not clear exactly what is the book’s purpose. The truth is that I was.
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Animal Person
JUNE 17, 2009
By encouraging people to bake with higher welfare eggs (as well as organic milk, butter and chocolate) vital funds will be raised to campaign against battery cages. Tags: Activism Books Current Affairs Ethics Language Animal Rights Animal Welfare Compassion in World Farming World Farming. Not a change in the way they do things.
Animal Person
OCTOBER 14, 2011
The toy rule is pretty much: Little or no plastic and no batteries. She has very few pieces of clothing (and most are secondhand) and many of her books and toys are secondhand (and we had to weed through them for animal use). We still use the cut up blankets as rags/in place of paper towels. Otherwise, her room looks very sparse.
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