What Do You Do?

Frederick Douglass photo

When the pandemic hit, everything and everyone was frozen in time and circumstance. One consequence of that, at least in our collective conversations about financial assistance and vaccine distribution, is that people are defined by their jobs. I know that there have to be metrics in order to be as…

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Birds: First Encounters

Connecticut warbler

An ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla) is a good one for a beginning birder. They nest in the Washington, DC, area, and during spring and fall, migrating birds show up in great numbers on the way to their nesting grounds as far north as British Columbia (spring) and their wintering grounds anywhere…

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This blog isn’t about WordPress but this post is

This is a long post that goes into specifics about my recent experience trying to get this blog started and why I chose wordpress.org over wordpress.com. It’s an account of my personal experience, and I’m not endorsing or non-endorsing anything. And I’m certainly not getting paid. I’m from the Digital…

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