If you have ever written anything you have had writer’s block. If you haven’t, try writing something and you will get it for sure. I work with a computer and word processor rather than an old fashioned typewriter. I didn’t get as much block with those old fashioned things. Mainly because it was so easy […]

You know it’s just about spring when Purple Martin scouts arrive from their southern wintering grounds.  Almost every year we received calls at the Gulf Coast Bird Observatory inquiring about Purple Martins, asking when they can be expected and why they send scouts ahead of the soon to arrive hordes. Perhaps ‘scout’ is not the […]

Well, here I am again, ready to try and quit smoking for the fourth time in my life. Strangely enough, the idea fills me with apprehension and fear, even though from the past experience I have in the matter I know exactly what I’m up against. Three days till the nicotine is out of my […]