I spent much of September watching the hummingbirds fight over sugar water. What a waste of energy, I thought.
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The Race
Category: Animals
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Chicken TV
“Chicken TV is keeping me sane,” she says, as we soak in that timeless world, mesmerized by their languid pecking and the occasional drop of a leaf.
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Nature Freaks
Our nature cravings keep us on our toes, but as far as addictions go, I wouldn’t say this one is craven.
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Trendy and Cute
“Notice anything different about this one?” Shelley asks, holding a newly-feathered chicken with both hands. It’s an Australorp, she tells me.
My first love arrived on all fours one winter day in 1965. I was standing in line, shivering with grades K through 8 outside St. Mary’s on City Island. I stared at the wooden doors with my fingers tucked into my armpits, willing the nuns to emerge and usher us in when a disturbance made […]