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Update 11/09 - The Phoebe came back and created a nest in the eaves of my cabin.
I haven't read about Global Warming lately, because I've had How-To-Stay-Warm-In-My-House on my mind. Doesn't mean I don't care anymore, it's just that thinking about it was a luxury. Lately, it's all about financial survival. I hope to get back to serious worrying about the planet's fate quite soon.

I'm currently developing a kids' detective story with my local writing group. The horror story is on hold, but will get back to it soon when horror is fun again.

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The bird on my page is a Phoebe that I rehabilitated last summer. Phoebes are flycatchers - they catch bugs on the wing. Her parents pushed her from the nest in a desperate attempt to save her from the infestation of bird mites that had killed her sibling. Then they left, and left me with a week old baby. I gave her a little warm milk & sugar just to get her swallowing, and then moved her onto soaked cat kibble - the rehabber's food of choice. She opened her eyes two days later and I could tell I was not what she expected. When it was time to fledge, I put her in my cabin so she could learn to fly in safety. I captured moths from my screen door, and stocked the cabin so she could learn to feed herself. When she was finally ready to be out on her own, I still walked near the cabin several times a day to give her hand-outs. She would fly through the forest to greet me - there's no feeling like it in the world. Then one day she didn't want anything to do with me, and I knew my job was done.

When I'm not scaring myself to death by reading books like "The Weather Makers" about the human impact on the planet, I'm writing a horror story set in the Catskills. It's about good old supernatural stuff, not the truly horrific stuff the scientists are telling us.

I love surfing around on ThisNext. It's more informative about what's new & hip than reading a magazine or watching TV, more efficient than window-shopping, more addictive than Snood, and my number one favorite avoidance activity when I've got business paperwork to do.

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Nov 2, 2006

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What is the next…

Purchase you’ll make?

Elderflower liqueur. The taste is out of this world.

Trend in design?

Earth Mother meets Vamp.

Car you’d like to own?

Prius for ecology, VW Bug for design.

Fad that will fade?

Wretched Excess.

Vacation you’ll take?

Gay Paree.

Thing you’re going to fight for?

The end of corruption.

Secret that’s going to leak?

Republicans all had brain tumors. That's why they got us in this mess.

Hollywood blockbuster going to be about?

The attack of the killer tomatoes, the sequel.

Life you’ll lead?

Art & Nature. I'm leading it already.

Fountain of youth?

Non toxic food, pure air, forgiveness, generosity of heart.

Book you’ll read?

Atonement, by Ian McEwan. It's been in the queue for a while.

Thing that will change the world?

The end of the personal car.

Guilty-pleasure food in which you’ll indulge?

Dark chocolate.

Person to whom you’ll say, “I love you”?

My sweet husband, comme d'habitude!

Place you'll be when your are not on ThisNext ...

My newly created blog, Surviving Sudden Poverty.

Movie you'll watch?

The Cove