2003dec23. I was wearing a wide-brimmed hat today while cleaning the yard. Out here you occasionally heard weird machine noises, so when I heard this continual WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH noise that got louder and quieter every so often, I started turning my head, trying to figure out where it was coming from. The machine turned out to be a raven, beating its wings 100 feet overhead, circling the area trying to get the best TV reception, I think. I am learning things about ... animals?

