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  • Yoshi Compatibility

    Last week, Ariele and I had a short visit from the woman who is managing our adoption application. The visit itself was not very important, but she mentioned before she left that in the course of completing our home study, her supervisor had expressed concerns about our conure, Yoshi, and the possibility that he might… Continue reading

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  • Let’s Appreciate the Birds and the Cherries

    I’ve been a little neglectful of this blog space for a couple of weeks, and I’m sorry. Not on account of the sheer volume of my disappointed readership, but because putting out a little somethin’ somethin’ every week means something to me. It keeps me thinking and contributes to my sense of weekly rhythm. But… Continue reading

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  • This bird has it too good

    Consider the bird. His name is Yoshi, and he is a green-cheeked parakeet, AKA green-cheeked conure. He gets the treatment depicted in this photo nearly every day of his life. Virtually whenever he wants, he can sit in my hand—not in the way that birds typically “sit” (which is really just standing), but rather as… Continue reading

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