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Tuesday, June 27, 2023

TURKEYS TODAY

Today turkeys   

A slight drizzle lingers.

I open the car door in front of my cabin. 

Suddenly, a flutter of wings beside the car revealed a startled female turkey that had been hiding in the tall grass. With effort, she took flight and silently flew across the field into the row of trees.

Within seconds, a scraggly looking juvenile turkey was squawking and flapping wings in search of altitude. It struggled into flight to the tree where Momma Turkey had landed, just seconds before.

I uttered with soft surprise, “Oh, wow. I did not even see you in tall grass! And you were SO close!

Even before I finished that half spoken thought, three more young scruffy looking turkeys took labored flight out of the grass heading to the same tree. Oh wow.

Next, came one last young turkey clambering its way out of the grass into an awkward rainy flight toward that same tree.

Thinking what a good place this tall grass is such an effective hiding place for them. 

 Oh wow.

Then the taller adult male”Tom” turkey burst into flight. He flew away from the tree where the family hid. 

I was stunned and grateful for this sudden wildlife appearance. 

And the rain became stronger, urging me to go inside.Or at least onto the porch for protection.

All I was doing was getting out of the car to go into cabin!

What a fabulous treat this was!

(Juvenile Turkeys

 πŸ¦ƒ πŸ¦ƒ πŸ¦ƒ πŸ¦ƒ πŸ¦ƒ  and two parents.)

June 27,2023

dpb

Actually, LIVED this today🀠.


 

Saturday, January 14, 2023

Justice

 “Failure to hold Trump accountable will have dire consequences for global democracy.”


PFAW

People for American Way

Http://www.pfaw.org

Jan 14, 2023

Monday, May 23, 2022

Reflecting on Dorothy Day

 On my mind is a quote from The Catholic Worker in 1942 (long before I was born).

“Love is not the starving of whole populations. 

Love is not bombardment of open cities. 

Love is not killing.

It is the laying down of one’s life for one’s friends.” Dorothy Day

And yet when I look around, I wonder if these truths have been learned. 

Surely, the abundance of conflict in our world could be appeased with action from a foundation of love. πŸ™

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“ I believe because I want to believe,

I hope because I want to hope,

I love because I want to love.”

Dorothy Day 1897-1980

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