As many of us are getting older and considering retirement, I thought I would pass on this article from the NYT on a new breed of retirement community. From the title I thought it would be about communities of birders; but I was mistaken. there are so many possible communities presented here that I could envision Patty and I joining, it would be hard to narrow it down to just one. Read the article and start planning!!!!

Birds of a Feather"

I heard someone is thinking about Barack Obama. Here is a very complimentary article by someone who worked with him at the Harvard Law Review--and she is a conservative lawyer.

"The Barack I knew"

fun article about bluebirds.

""bluebirds""

Haven't posted anything here in a while, but couldn't resist making this available. I don't always agree with the point of view of some of the articles I post, but this one makes a lot of sense to me and he says it so much better than I ever could.

"Happiness"

Regards to you all.

Tom

I am pasting an article that I found fascinating about pythons in the Everglades.

Biologists Hunt Invasive Pythons in Fla.
Everglades biologists pursue a voracious foe: the Burmese python

By TODD LEWAN, The Associated Press
Dec 17, 2006 1:22 PM (19 hrs ago)

EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK, Fla. - "SNAKE!" Hearing this shout, Skip Snow slammed on the brakes. When the off-roader plowed to a halt, he and his partner, Lori Oberhofer, leaped out and took off running toward two snakes, actually - a pair of 10-foot Burmese pythons lying on a levee, sunning themselves.

After slipping, sliding and tumbling down a rocky embankment, Snow, a wildlife biologist, grabbed one of the creatures by the tail. The python, Oberhofer says, did not care much for that.

Always good to stop and take stock of the positive.

"things to be thankful for"

I haven't read this yet, but the title was too good to pass up.

"Behaving Badly At Family Gatherings"

Here is an article appreciating the Marines. Read the paragraph about growing up in the '50's with a father who was a survivor of Guadalcanl, Tarawa and Iwo Jima.

"Marines"

"catechist web site"

I hope this link works.

"picture"