I live very close to a large international airport - our town does what it can to keep the jumbo jets from crossing our airspace - and the din from a few miles away is usually indiscernible. But not today! There was police action up the street, so a media-copter did about 400 revolutions around my house reporting on it, yet nothing was on the news, and no one I knew had any scoop save one man. And, that man has incredible inside scoop on the town because he's our glorious Mayor. I normally don't ask him for said scoop but today I did and it was shocking: a 50-year old woman (ahem) was stabbed by an assailant around the corner from me. I mean, within shouting and viewing distance. But I heard nothing except the din of the airport. This type of crime is fairly unusual for our fair city - we're more the Driving Under the Influence types (or biking, or walking, and sometimes jogging). I work from home, I leave doors unlocked and sometimes open, and yet this didn't bother me so much since the victim - who will survive - said she thought she knew the assailant. Strange relief.
The other noisy winged beasts were a couple of mockingbirds trying to rob the nest of two other birdies - I don't know what the latter birds are, but they moved into the yard about 5 years ago and have several nests around now, they're pretty songbirds with red heads and brownish bodies. I actually went out into the yard to defend my pretty songbirds, who are skittish and flighty and birdbrained, as well they should be. I wonder what kind of bird they are...
Day is done, time to put away the puter and take a walk. I have generated thousands of words today, I think my syllable credits are all used up.
Of course, there are other types of birds around here:
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