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Sarobia: Sanctuary for Human Beings, Birds and Animals
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Another Essay That’s For The Birds
Almost like clockwork, a couple of ospreys have returned to my neck of the woods for another breeding season, although, not exactly in Andalusia yet. Usually they appear around St. Patrick’s Day, but have been arriving late for the past … Continue reading
Fat Cats and Politicians
Week twenty-five of the pandemic is upon us. That’s roughly over six months with no clear end in sight. Can’t believe we’ve gone this far so fast; or should that be fastly? The latter’s an actual adverb. So is bigly, … Continue reading
House at Pooh Corner Revisited
Before going off on a tangent, as done normally during my weekly tirades, allow me to discuss what I had intended last week: poison ivy. By doing a search through the pages of this journal, one can find it’s a … Continue reading
It’s Always Something
Was at Lake Luxembourg in Langhorne, PA, today, talking to a friend Dawn about ticks. “I always get them on me when I come here,” she said. “Not me, I’m usually pretty lucky,” I said. We discussed the problem about … Continue reading
Those Were the Days
Times have changed, at least for those who are over the age of forty, born in the late ’70s. That’s when talk of the Internet began with terms like “Surfing the Net,” or “Computer Viruses.” I couldn’t help but envision … Continue reading
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Redundancy 101
Let’s take a look at redundancy in writing, shall we? One of the main rules formulated for scribing literature was to do so with the least amount of words. The reason was to minimize the cost for printing, which was … Continue reading →