Birds (16)

Jim Rion

Photo Club - I'm Number One*

In April, my photo club saw the end of its "fiscal year," which means we had a shuffling of the leadership AND we tallied up the points earned throughout the year to choose an overall winner and two runner-ups. And, after months of fretting over…

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Jim Rion

The pain of Pedantry

The city I live in, Hikari, was into last year home to Yamamoto Akira, a master of chōkin metal chasing and what is known as a Living National Treadure. He passed away just over a year ago, and the city has finally managed to put…

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Jim Rion

Winter Waterside Birds

A bit of a foot problem has cut down my walking range quite a bit, but I still managed to get out to the river yesterday afternoon to see the ducks flocking in. Mallards, Teal, Pintails, the gang's all here. I also spotted a blue…

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