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The cranes are back in town!

Guess who just got back today?
Those big blue birds who had been away.
Hadn’t changed, hadn’t much to say,
But man, I still think them birds are great.
The cranes are back in town…

With a shout out to Thin Lizzy and the long-lost Phil Lynott.

Yes, it’s silly. And I’m not even sure they just got back today.  But [...]

Duck, Duck … No Goose (‘Nother Duck!)

That’s what paraded across the path in front of Emma and me as we walked north along Bear’s Ditch, which runs past the east side of the RGNC preserve. Emma was cool and didn’t try to fetch any of them.

They were all drab – not a shiny green head in sight. Either they’ve yet to [...]

The duck flinched first

The elements made sport of me today. In midafternoon I decided to try for an early walk. In process of putting Emma out to tend to business before we set out I stepped onto the back porch. And a mighty crack of thunder pealed out.

So I decided the time wasn’t propitious. I waited an hour [...]

Emma fits in

To fit in around here, you really have to be a character. For one thing, you need to help keep the other denizens of the madhouse entertained.

Emma continues to show she belongs in the Milán Pack. Just now, with the street full of youths, not all the most reliable-looking, and with bass thumping [...]

Emma meets a caped crusader

Emma and I were walking back down the ditch on the return leg of our walk this afternoon when on the far bank I saw an older Latino guy in a white straw cowboy hat, jeans and a Western shirt coming the other way. That type isn’t superabundant here in the central RGV, but [...]

In which I ramble as I amble

A bit of an experiment today – take that as yesterday, Friday, May 2nd, the day before this nominally posts.

As I mentioned in our last thrilling episode (and, yes, I’m easily thrilled) I’ve got both Dragon NaturallySpeaking and my DVR up and running. So today when I took Emma Dog for a walk down by [...]