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1. Benjamin Franklin If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading, or do things worth the writing. B. Franklin Benjamin Franklin lived by his edict. His writings and his work had a profound impact on people around t...
2. Cooper's Hawk The Cooper's Hawk is often confused with the Sharp-shinned Hawk. They have similar markings but the Sharp-shinned Hawk is smaller and has a squared tail. The Cooper's Hawk's tail is rounded. The tail and the size are the only truly distinctive f...
3. Songbirds: Nature’s Soloists As we go through life, some sights and events have a profound impact on our lives, while others flutter past unnoticed. Some passions can be traced back to that single pivotal point while others grow seemingly unnoticed for years. I am a morning pers...
4. Wild and Majestic Birds of Prey Birds of Prey or Raptors are birds that usually hunt on the wing. They use their keen sense of sight to spot prey, swoop down, and capture it. They usually have large, powerful beaks and talons for tearing and piercing the flesh of their prey. I lo...
5. The Common Pheasant The Common Pheasant is one of the world's most hunted birds. It is native to Asia but has been introduced in countless regions for the sole purpose of hunting. There are several subspecies and crossbreeds. Collectively they are called Ring-necked Phe...
6. Eskimo Curlew Once an abundant bird, there hasn't been a reliable sighting of the Eskimo Curlew in over 40 years. There are occasional reports of sightings which allows for the possibility that a small population still exists, but most authorities believe it is ex...
7. The Passenger Pigeon The Passenger Pigeon used to be the most common bird in North America. They lived in huge flocks, and during migration, they covered the sky, some flocks containing up to a million birds. According to some estimates there were as many as five billio...
8. My Mother's Shoes My Mother's Shoes is an entertaining humorous mystery. It is set in a small town where the tradition of gossip reigns supreme. When her mother's purse and her shoes are unearthed up at the new construction site, Annie Natali knew her mother was...
9. Defining Stress Stress is a fairly common term and if asked, most people can tell you what it means to them. For some it is the pressure or the everyday strain on the job. For others it's the constant worry over money. It's the worry over our children's...
10. The Water Around Us Although water is all about us, seen and unseen, we still find it mysterious and, in many ways, one of the least understood of all our natural resources. The Earth is a watery planet, with most of its surface covered with oceans and seas. The presen...
11. Busy Lizzy's Aquatic Birds Aquatic birds live on or near bodies of water. They acquire their food from the water, the shorelines, or animals within the same region. I grew up in Minnesota. It's a landlocked state but with 10,000 lakes it has its share of aquatic birds. When I...
12. FaeFever Faefever is the third book in Karen Marie Moning's Fever series. In Darkfever MacKayla Lane is pulled from a world isolated from the harsh realities of life. Her sister died a brutal death in a foreign city 4,000 miles from home. Dublin's Garda calle...
13. Writing Book Reviews I love to read and I'm a writer. It stands to reason that I should be able to write a good book review. At least that's what I assumed when I sat down to write my first one. It was harder than I thought it would be. Telling your audience how much you...
14. Setting and Reaching Goals "The greatest discovery of this generation is that a human being can alter their life by altering their attitude." William James "Everything just falls into his lap, but I work my tail off and end up with nothing." Luck may be a factor, but can we...
15. Lizzy's Bookshelf My first clear memory of reading was when I was in first grade. My teacher, Mrs. Gold, had set up a chart and for each book we read, we would get a gold star. I read three books that day. I don't have a clear memory of reading again until I wa...