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Welcome! This is a place to share how we celebrate & deepen our relationship to Nature. Here you will find stories, images, & ideas about wilderness, human nature, & soulfulness. Drawing from the experiences of everyday living, the topics on this blog include: forays into the natural world, the writing life, community service, meditation, creativity, grief & loss, inspiration, & whatever else emerges from these. I invite you on this exploration of the wild within & outside of us: the inner/outer landscape.



Friday, September 20, 2024

Preserves for Crows

The crow lands on an outdoor dining table, plucks a strawberry preserves packet right out of the Smuckers eight-jam dispenser, and hops to the grass. He punctures the plastic peel-away film on top with one swift strike of his bill. With a deftness that betrays repeated endeavors in the past, the crow’s beak comes up dripping with the jelly. A few minutes later he takes the nearly empty plastic packaging to the roof of a four-story hotel. There, perched on the eaves and still dabbing up bits of blood-red jam, he is joined by a smaller crow…who merely watches.  


(Orig. posted in 2016.)