by Louie Ferrera | Apr 14, 2023 | Nature
Spring. Is there a more glorious time of year? The other seasons all have their upsides. Summer: the heat and sunshine, the lazy river and the ocean, barefoot days and a cold Mexican beer just when you need one. Autumn: the golden glow of the vineyards as their leaves...
by Louie Ferrera | Apr 5, 2022 | Friends & Family, Nature
The Northern Mockingbird is so entertaining. From sunrise to sunset it sings incessantly and I have no idea what its actual voice sounds like. Its palette of sounds is seemingly endless: chirps, trills, whistles, peeps, coos and everything in between. You see the...
by Louie Ferrera | Mar 30, 2021 | Nature
At the spring equinox last year the world was in turmoil. A mysterious and deadly virus that began “over there” had made it to our shores. Schools, movie theaters, restaurants, health clubs, basically all “non-essential” businesses were immediately closed. Baseball,...
by Louie Ferrera | Feb 17, 2021 | Friends & Family
When I awoke this morning, the sun looked a little brighter, the sky a deeper shade of blue, the air seemed fresher, crisper, the birdsong a bit cheerier. I wasn’t thinking about covid or Trump or racial injustice or climate change. All seemed right with the world...
by Louie Ferrera | Apr 3, 2020 | Nature
It’s a subtle announcement. I mean if you’re not listening for it you’d think it was just another random chirp from one of the many birds that call our part of the world home. But this one is different. This little chirp tells me in no uncertain terms that winter is...
I wish I had your confidence, Louie… I can’t say that I see too many “Good Guys”, and the ones…
I hope they don’t start turning on each other… let’s keep the negative rhetoric down … nose to the grindstone…
That’s so cool! They’re here in the Willamette River and the Delta Ponds, but as much as I walk the…
So sweet! I love those river otters!
Yes! I enjoyed this writing, and the commentors' notes as well. "We played the music and the music played us"…