Author: rlhorner52
Back Yard Birdfeeders
My One Person Blind Patty has identified all the birds, and I see she has also added a bit of commentary; cool! I have had some issues with locking in on a good focus lately. Turns out I have missed several firmware upgrades, and it appears to be an improvement. “We make a living by…
Back Yard Birdfeeders 2/1/26 Audubon Coastal Bird Count & Ocean Springs Inner Harbor 2/2/26
Our day started off at a crisp 18°F(-7.8°C). We had Sunday-morning breakfast at Fat Spoon Cafe in Ocean Springs. After breakfast, we birded our way down the coast to Biloxi, then went in search of the Golden Eye, and Patty found it in Biloxi Back Bay by the shrimp factories.
Sunday Morning Drive Home
There is a cold spell coming! Driving home, thinking of the frigid weather coming to us and much of North America. I watch two cars speed through a red light, and I think about how we are becoming, more and more, a ME society, and I mourn how we are treating each other and how…
Axios Finish Line: U.S. not them
I am reading and nearing the end of These Truths – A History of the United States by Jill Lepore, a one-volume Non-fiction (non-propaganda) History, an amazing telling of what it has taken to get to this day. This article was very timely for many reasons; I think we sometimes need to be reminded of…
Theo of Gloden by Allen Levi
This is another of those books that snuck up on me, not sure where I learned of it but it was available in our library and what a great find. It came out of nowhere and I didn’t even get it into my list of currently reading and it ended way too soon, and now…
Our Backyard Bird Feeders
Feathered Friends Good morning, world! Last year, while birding Clower Thornton Park in Gulfport, MS, we ran into several other birder friends. Steve pointed out that Charlie was in the brush in a blind. With some effort, I was able to locate him in his one-person standup blind; very cool. Talking with Charlie later, I…
Tomorrow is Yesterday by Hussein Agha and Robert Malleyis
It is a relatively recent and vital piece of geopolitical analysis that examines the shifting landscape of the Middle East and global diplomacy. You should read Tomorrow is Yesterday if you want to understand the underlying logic of modern conflict. Hussein Agha and Robert Malley are seasoned negotiators and scholars who look past the…
Jesus and the Disinherited by Howard Thurman
This book was recommended by Texas Representative James Talarico. I am not a religious person, but I enjoy learning about others’ way of life, and I would like to think I can appreciate and learn from anyone and everyone, so I am going to give this a read. Talarico, being a good Texas boy, also…
Biloxi Back Bay, Drain Pipe
In Search of a Common Goldeneye Patty heard from birding friend, Steve, that he had seen a Common Goldeneye in Biloxi Back Bay near the Drain Pipe, so we headed to Biloxi on Friday morning. As hard as Patty searched, no Goldeneye, but there were plenty of the regulars. There must have been runs of…
Gone Before Goodbye by Reese Witherspoon and Harlan Coben
I do not remember where I heard of GONE BEFORE GOODBYE, it is not a genre I often read Psychological Thriller / Suspense / Mystery but it was available at my library for an audible download and I finished it in two days ignoring my other reads in process: I enjoyed it:; the caste was…
