Paddling my kayak along the granite shore of the lake where I currently reside, I came upon a small group of young merganser ducks. They may, or may not, have been siblings. Mergansers have a characteristic that is common among humans who have the least to share and sadly, often rare among those who have more than enough.… Read the rest
Among the many remarkable inhabitants of the lake where the photo for this blog site was taken are weasels.
Resourceful, fast nocturnal hunters, weasels avoid humans. They also have the misfortune to be a synonym for cunning or deceit, which unjustly associates them with the kind of people trying to “weasel” their way out of their share of responsibility for what is happening in Afghanistan.… Read the rest