Musings (2)

Jim Rion

Winter birds are best birds

The weather here has turned—well and truly, finally—to winter. Which means both dusky days, and winter birds. Many of the birds I associate with winter, like white eyes or long-tailed tits, are present year round but are more visible because of bare branches. Others, like…

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Jim Rion

I Am Here To Fart Around

The other day, I was talking to some friends as we walked along a small river running through Okayama City, when I stopped up short to watch a small cormorant swimming by, not two meters away. I rarely get to see them up close like…

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