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		<title>The Poets&#8217; Birds ~ The Mockingbird&#8217;s Secret Song</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 22:31:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A Northern Mockingbird waiting to sing to the sky As much as a bumblebee&#8217;s hum, a cicada&#8217;s harsh trill, or the whistle of nighthawk wings, the repetitive yet creative cacophony of neighborhood mockingbirds is one of nature&#8217;s most recognizable sounds.  Northern Mockingbirds (Mimus polyglottos) typically sing from February through August before beginning again in September &#8230; <a href="https://shoreacres.wordpress.com/2026/05/16/the-poets-birds-the-mockingbirds-secret-song/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The Poets&#8217; Birds ~ The Mockingbird&#8217;s Secret&#160;Song</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Easter Laughter</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 21:56:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Mary Magdalene Discovering the Tomb ~ Herschel Pollard The early Christian practice of risus paschalis – Easter laughter – arose after early church fathers began promoting the view that Jesus’s resurrection represented the ultimate practical joke; played by God on the devil, it affirmed the triumph of life over death and good over evil. Joke-telling &#8230; <a href="https://shoreacres.wordpress.com/2026/04/05/easter-laughter/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Easter Laughter</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 03:55:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Lockheed Newsstand, Los Angeles, c. 1941 ~ Ansel Adams Novelist, poet, or essayist: anyone who attempts to write consistently knows the experience. After days or weeks of steadily increasing frustration, a dam breaks. Encouraged by the warmth of reflection, frozen thought begins to flow, phrases splashing and tumbling toward unexpected conclusions.   &#8220;Don&#8217;t tell me the &#8230; <a href="https://shoreacres.wordpress.com/2026/02/01/bowling-with-ansel-adams/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Bowling with Ansel&#160;Adams</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 01:36:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The winter road ~ Eliza Waters Human behavior can be easier to predict than the weather. When storms of any sort begin to brew, the air becomes charged with both anticipation and anxiety.  Conversations grow a little louder; chatter becomes more insistent. Increasingly frequent weather bulletins result in increased scrolling on the socials, not to &#8230; <a href="https://shoreacres.wordpress.com/2026/01/26/winters-tyrant-spell/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Winter&#8217;s Tyrant Spell</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Poets&#8217; Birds ~ An Escherian Flock</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2026 09:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[White-faced ibis on the move Small groups of white-faced ibis (Plegadis chihi) can be found in our wildlife refuges throughout the year, but from time to time large flocks of the birds migrate into Texas to breed and winter along the Gulf Coast. Moving around from day to day in search of water that&#8217;s the &#8230; <a href="https://shoreacres.wordpress.com/2026/01/18/the-poets-birds-an-escherian-flock/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The Poets&#8217; Birds ~ An Escherian&#160;Flock</span></a>]]></description>
		
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