tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post111833097614382333..comments2023-12-17T19:35:07.459-08:00Comments on Bouphonia: No News Is Good NewsPhilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15849261651028725772noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-1118556860211616282005-06-11T23:14:00.000-07:002005-06-11T23:14:00.000-07:00Kate,If I knew, I'd be selling the secret at fifty...Kate,<BR/><BR/>If I knew, I'd be selling the secret at fifty bucks a pop!<BR/><BR/>Most days, the best I can do is consider that I wouldn't blow children's limbs off to make a buck. There's some consolation in having one's soul in reasonably good working order.<BR/><BR/>Beyond that, one tries to be of use, without ever thinking it's enough...<BR/><BR/>Sheesh. I don't know. Ask me again when I don't have an onerous deadline crushing the life out of me, and maybe I'll have something more positive to say!Philahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15849261651028725772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-1118545564077488112005-06-11T20:06:00.000-07:002005-06-11T20:06:00.000-07:00I totally understand your impulse to flee from it ...I totally understand your impulse to flee from it all. The news is overwhelming to me too. I'm still not sure how to shake that helpless feeling. Any ideas?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-1118438176364598272005-06-10T14:16:00.000-07:002005-06-10T14:16:00.000-07:00I'm grieved to say that when I got up this morning...I'm grieved to say that when I got up this morning (after two hours of sleep), I found that something had managed to get at the flycatcher nest. <BR/><BR/>A cat, probably. The wife and I both have gloomy clouds over our heads, like in the cartoons. And I feel like an idiot, because even though I frettted over the nest, I gave no thought to the cardboard boxes piled near by. I still have no idea how the raid was accomplished...it'd be a real stretch even for a ferret. <BR/><BR/>One of those things that feels like the last straw, what with everything else that's going on. But c'est la vie, as they say. I'm still so swamped in work that I can't really think about anything else anyway.Philahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15849261651028725772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-1118419190771974392005-06-10T08:59:00.000-07:002005-06-10T08:59:00.000-07:00Yikes. I looked over at what DPR had on his screen...Yikes. I looked over at what DPR had on his screen and said "Jeez, where did you find a shot like that?" He said, "Oh Bouphonia had a link." Oh my. <BR/>Please post pictures of Pacific Slope Flycatchers. It will help balance out the nightmare we call news.robin andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13390482190562312928noreply@blogger.com