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Sofía the sparrow, Barney the blue jay, Fiona the finch, & others ~
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Britton Gildersleeve
One thing you learn when you draw birds: you’ve never reallyseen them previously. How different each one is. I thought I knew the birds on the deck — I can even distinguish a few from each other. But I recognise them by their behaviours, not how they look. Now? I am seeing their differences… Their…
a ray of sun, a flat grey cat, and winter ~
By
Britton Gildersleeve
Sophie the cat came to us about 10+ years ago. So she’s an elder cat — well-versed in the wiles of felines. She knows that when I’m sitting at the breakfast table, and the mid-day sun is slanting over the table, I won’t object to her laying on the table beside me. After all, the…
for love of boys: a letter from a friend & colleague ~
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Britton Gildersleeve
A friend sent me a note after my previous post. Her husband, she said, had grown up in a family that substituted isolation and alienation for love, hard ‘discipline’ (most of us would call it verbal abuse) for compassion, and religious fear for reflective belief. It was, she told me, a profoundly sad & ugly childhood.…
conspiracies (and what we don’t agree with) ~
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Britton Gildersleeve
I saw a post on Facebook that said we all will have computer chips inserted under our skin if Obama isre-elected. Riiiiight….Right up there with the allegedly secret Muslim wedding ring he wears, and the death panels, and the liberal belief that Goldman Sachs intentionally created the bank debacle. Not to mention Obama gives cell…
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