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"DOG of the MONTH"
These
COLORADO BLUEBIRDS are as loyal as any dog I've ever known. Each year
for more than a decade, this family shows up in my back yard, ready for
a long sip and a bath. If I've been remiss in my duty and the bird bath
is empty, they will sit on the limbs of nearby oaks and wait patiently
for me to fill it again.
Then,
one by one, they land along the circumference, sometimes as many as
nine at a time, and drink their fair share. When it turns into a water
fight, however, only the stoutest of heart stick it out. Some of them
immerse themselves so completely and for so long that the waterlogged
little guys can barely get airborne.
After a few weeks they move on..see you next fall.
JS
"Renny Russell's Rock Me on the Water is
at its heart courageous. To return to the same power of nature that
took his brother thirty years previous—to be with it, to confront it,
to take solace in it, and to be inspired and healed by it—is remarkable
in itself. His book is, as well, a testament to the evocative rhythms
of the wilds. In this complicated dance, this profoundly personal
journey, Renny Russell also gives us an amazingly spirited tour of one
of the truly great landscapes of the American West and a keen
understanding of its power to shape a life."
Robert Redford
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