From dawn to dusk, the porch right outside my picture window is literally filled with birds. At latest count, I have recorded nine species, but it wasn’t always like this. When we moved here to Glenwood, Iowa at the end of September, I just saw an occasional bird from a distance. There was an old more »

It has been months since Sheryl and I took possession of our “dream home” in Glenwood, Iowa. I had intended to start a blog much sooner, but the logistics, the emotional and financial demands of our move from the bay area in California, were exhausting and stressful almost beyond words. It took everything we had more »