Category Archives: birds and chickens

NaPoWriMo 2026 Day 30

We’ve reached the end! May your words continue to flow! Now get out there and get ready for May Day! The Eve of May amid all the ripples of news the ever presence of it all all day every day … Continue reading

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NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 20

In the quiet yard
a pile of feathers, yellow, black… Continue reading

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NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 19

today the slushing rain has filled
the yard with thirty-ish finches
all arguing for seed and perch… Continue reading

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NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 17

These days some days to get through it
you have to turn it all off and
let something else grab your attention
just for some hours, an afternoon… Continue reading

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NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 14

Today i set up a text replacement shortcut that replaces the letters “h a ha h a” (no spaces, just three ha’s strung together – couldn’t type them without spaces or it would trigger the shortcut ha ha ha) with a long string of ha ha ha’s. Continue reading

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