My brother and I in various stages of childhood. The years do fly by. Seems like it will be forever before you hit 18. And then it seems like the blink of an eye and you’re almost 70.
In remembrance of years past
A look back
As I get older, I find the changing of the year less and less exciting because I become increasingly aware that I have fewer and fewer new years in my future. On the other hand, anyone who can look back on 2015 and not express some sense of relief that it’s over has clearly not been tuned in this year. Let me catch you up. Donald Trump, a man on his third wife who refers to African-Americans as “the blacks”, is actually a viable candidate for the Republican presidential nomination. And he recently tied with Pope Francis as the second
I realize
I realize that yesterday’s post was rather much of a downer. Wish I could find something to lift us up. But I can’t get that poll out of my mind or stop wondering about when America lost its collective mind.
There is no hope for humanity
In a recent Gallup poll, Donald Trump tied with Pope Francis as the second most admired person by Americans. We cannot possibly hang our heads low enough in shame at this.
Oh dear
I spent part of Christmas Eve watching one of my parrots try to mate with my hand.
Note to self for 2016: Get out more.
My idea of the best Christmas present ever
Bird TLC education bald eagle “Leuco” has been transferred to the Alaska Zoo!
After 12 years of service as an education bird, Leuco the bald eagle has been transferred from the Bird Treatment and Learning Center to the Alaska Zoo! Among other health issues, Leuco had developed cataracts which made it difficult for him to travel to presentations. We’re happy to report that ophthalmologist Dr. Alan Brightman donated his time to perform surgery on both of Leuco’s eyes, and the cataracts were successfully removed!
About Leuco: In 2003 a fishermen in Valdez noticed a young bald eagle on the ground
Merry Christmas
In my house, this is as Christmasy as we get. And yes, those are my hands with a death grip on the dogs. They clearly were totally unamused by their human’s attempt to photograph them in holiday garb. Looking at the pictures now, I can hardly blame them.
In the spirit of the season
Christmas is just two days away so it’s time to write a fun and uplifting column about how wonderful the season is and how grateful we all are. I really, really wanted to actually write that column. But then I saw two headlines last week that made me wonder if any of us can have a happy holiday knowing that not far from any of us is a child living with domestic violence and abuse.
The first headline detailed the horrors of child abuse in our state and how often a child has to be damaged before he or she
It’s getting close
Only three more days of wanting to rip my ears out if I hear another version of ANY Christmas carol, whether sung or played or barked or meowed. It actually makes the noise surrounding the Star Wars release bearable because at least they didn’t play Christmas carols over the credits.
Thought I’d go to Costco
Going to Costco is not something people like me should do during the holiday shopping season. So I don’t. I tried to go yesterday but the line of cars waiting to turn into the totally filled parking lot was a city block long in each direction. Have none of these people heard that Amazon Prime doesn’t charge for shipping to Alaska?