Minorly encouraging sight

Wife and I were out for our evening neighborhood stroll, and had a "what's that?" moment on the ambient birds.  Second and third look set the scale, immature bald eagle chased by a crow.  We'd been seeing crows chased by grackles, black and black, and had the range down wrong.

We see mature eagles now and then, even right here in town.  Immature eagles are a Good Thing.

Lest we forget

Sgt. Richard K. Parker
152nd Field Artillery
Maine National Guard
Iraq

Regarding war and fanatics

"...a man who means to die, who desires to die, who will gain heaven by dying, must, in nine cases out of ten, kill a man who has a lingering prejudice in favour of life."

Kipling, "The Drums of the Fore and Aft"

Regarding ephemera

Rigged up the window air-conditioner today, after seeing forecasts of 90F next week.  Now we shall set record lows.