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Good morning! It’s Monday, and I’m breaking the glass on my emergency cute supply for us. Someone posted a challenge on social media a while back, as…
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June 26, 2022Watch now (1 min) | Good morning! It’s Sunday. Down the road from us, there’s an old oak tree growing on a narrow spit of land surrounded on three sides…
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June 25, 2022Listen now (1 min) | Good morning! Today is Saturday. Before you engage in whatever jangle or clang the day may try to bring, I offer you one minute of…
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June 24 Get-Together: GiftsHello and happy Friday afternoon, dear Respiteers! I am grateful for today’s opportunity to come together, especially in the light of, well, tod…
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Good morning! Today is Friday. I woke up wondering if we should put together a trousseau for our hopping crow. I might ask Patrick the next time he…
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Good morning! It’s Thursday, and welcome to yet another episode of As the Bird Feeder Turns. Just one more, because I have to tell you what I saw…
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Good morning! Today is Wednesday, and I was right! The bear did keep his word. Oh sure, he placed the feeder under a different tree. And it was slightly…
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Good morning! Today is Tuesday. And here in the Northern Hemisphere, it’s summer solstice. That’s when the sun’s path through the sky reaches its most…
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Good morning! It’s Monday. But much more important than that, today is also national Take Your Cat to Work Day. “The reward for work well done is the…
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June 19, 2022Watch now (3 min) | Good morning! Today is Sunday. Here in the United States, we’re observing a double-header of Father’s Day and Juneteenth. That’s…
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Good morning! It’s Saturday, and wait until you hear what I found yesterday. There’s been a patch of irises in front of the porch since long before I…
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June 17 Get-Together: Odd Jobs?Hello and happy Friday! For this week’s gathering, I’m taking us to my favorite summertime take-out restaurant that sits on the shores of a tida…
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