I’ll Fly Away
This morning, I sat on our back porch listening to two cardinals talk to each other. Like many, I’ve felt a real loss in not having birds come to our feeders this summer. The illness that’s killing them is worrisome, and not only because birds bring such pleasure to those of us who notice them. More troubling is the fact that the deaths of hundreds of birds will likely cause a serious imbalance in nature, at least for a time. It feels like we’re living through yet another plo