In a Dark Time

Not too long ago, I was reading an article that mentioned Tucker Zimmerman’s recent death, and several musicians I admire and listen to regularly said he was their favorite folk artist.

Judging from what I’ve posted here recently, most of my faithful readers probably assume I’m spending all my time out birding or walking.

Although I would have been happy just walking the beach in front of rental every day we were there, the rest of the group wanted to hike in Oswald West State Park, which was just a few miles down the road.

Although we haven’t vacationed on the Oregon Coast for the last few years, I’ve visited it regularly since 1967.

Local birding is usually slow this time of year, so I wasn’t surprised that I spent most of my time during my recent visit to Theler Wetlands listening to birds rather than actually seeing them.

When I was younger, I thought nothing about driving home non-stop from Ft.