Jean Cook, photographer of the bald eagle published Nov. 18, the the black-bellied whistling duck, published Nov. 19, offers this background information our the whistling duck:
It's from The Sibley Guide to Birds by the National Audubon Society (copyright 2000, pg 80):
"These oddly gooselike ducks are found in flocks, grazing in open fields or tipping up in shallow ponds. They call constantly in flight, when their broad, rounded wings and long legs are apparent."
I recall as a schoolboy in the late twenties on Armistice Day at 11:00 a.m. being instructed by Miss Biederman (and the next year by Miss Steiner) to lay my head down on my desk in remembrance of those who died eight to ten years before in the World War--no WWII then on the horizon.
There was the school janitor, Mr. Potee, and his brother with war disabilities to remind us of veterans. I had just outgrown a khaki wool suit which my mother had made from an army uniform a neighbor gave her.
This snapshot was taken by my uncle, William Hahn. It was taken on Nov. 11, 1918, at the announcement of the end of the Great War, which we call World War I.
The old adage "Sex, UFOs and Elvis" sells news better than anything, was proven wrong on Nov. 5 in Bluffton.
When a 6-buck decided to explore the inside of Luke's Bar and Grill on Main Street, it was like sex-ufos-elvis all rolled into one. As a result The Bluffton Icon had it highest-ever single view day.
After the clock struck 12 on the 5th here's the results:
Bluffton University student Christine Amstutz, granddaughter of Mary Amstutz of Bluffton, recently returned from an 11-day trip to Nicaragua. To view her impressions of her trip and photos taken, click here to go to her blog.
In the nearly 30 years that we've been married, we haven't taken many risks, except for buying three houses and having two children. For the most part, we're cautious -- probably overcautious -- he more than I. Blame that on the fact that I'm the only girl in a family of four older brothers -- they taught me to do things that our parents never knew about until after the fact.
