Comments on Julie Zickefoose: Evening at French Creek

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2008-04-27T06:47:00.000-05:00

Fall is awesome here..record highs today and yeste...

2007-10-07T22:30:00.000-05:00

Fall is awesome here..record highs today and yesterday AND thousands and thousands and thousands of grackles migrating through. The trees were alive with them! I'll see some of them next spring, I'm not worried!

They were so numerous that it would take the flock 10 minutes to fly past. Now I know one iota of what the people who saw the passenger pigeons saw. They commandeer all my bird feeders.

The Chapelle show was hysterical..so sad it's gone.

Bring some bait with you next time you paddle down...

2007-10-06T22:28:00.000-05:00

Bring some bait with you next time you paddle down French Creek, girl. I want to hear Buck's stories.

Will everyone cheer up, for goodness sake?
It's bringing down my Cape May High.

Hey, dguzman, I had no idea there was another Cowt...

2007-10-05T23:23:00.000-05:00

Hey, dguzman, I had no idea there was another Cowtown! The one I referred to is in, of all places, New Jersey.

Julie, your last comment rings true with me on all...

2007-10-05T21:25:00.000-05:00

Julie, your last comment rings true with me on all counts. It's a gloriously tough time of year.

Nah, I'm not that subtle!! I am really enjoying wh...

2007-10-05T14:27:00.000-05:00

Nah, I'm not that subtle!! I am really enjoying what you are writing these days. I had my own amazing and reflection-inducing experience last week, when I spied two bald eagles on the Pugwash River in Nova Scotia. One of them parked itself in a tree, and when I pointed it out to the 10 year old I was traveling with, she was transfixed. I'm not sure what was better: the bird, or my young friend's reaction.

Anyhoo -- like I said way back when, Chet Baker brought me here but your thoughtful writing keeps me here.

Yeah, I guess so. Autumn always brings on this kin...

2007-10-05T14:05:00.000-05:00

Yeah, I guess so. Autumn always brings on this kind of deep thought for me. Preparing for the long gray winter days, trying to let go of the gardens and hummingbirds (there was still one hanging around today!) It truly is a season of beauty and loss, a lowering of expectations. I walk around with a lump in my throat half the time, knocked over by the beautiful skies and light slanting, the flocks of migrants that will soon be gone for what feels like forever.

But don't worry. There are some pretty silly Chetposts in the can, too, if that was a subtle way of saying LIGHTEN UP!! ;-)

You sure are in a reflective mood these days. Is t...

2007-10-05T13:44:00.000-05:00

You sure are in a reflective mood these days. Is that autumn at work?

Lucky Buck meet Pretty Woman. What a sweet man. Th...

2007-10-05T08:06:00.000-05:00

Lucky Buck meet Pretty Woman. What a sweet man. The way you tell this story breaks my heart for him. I hope you see him again and shoot the breeze for a while.

You're such a good soul, Julie.Cowtown! My old sto...

2007-10-05T08:04:00.000-05:00

You're such a good soul, Julie.

Cowtown! My old stomping grounds, Fort Worth. Sigh. Some people have good breeding, some people have family money, and some people have the fact that they're native Texans. My heart swells with pride.

I always enjoy your stories, but this one touched ...

2007-10-05T08:01:00.000-05:00

I always enjoy your stories, but this one touched me to the core. While I have not lost my life partner, I saw the grieving my dad went (heck, still goes) through following my mom's death. Deep deep grieving. Even though he has now remarried (and I love my step-mom) he grieves in quiet ways. When I see him, he will talk about my mom--something I hope he does not do with my step-mom.
Life goes on, and with it the pain of loss.

sweet story, sweet place... one of the joys of bir...

2007-10-05T05:16:00.000-05:00

sweet story, sweet place... one of the joys of birding is not only never knowing ahead of time just what birds you may see, but never knowing just what other encounters may be had along the way.
And as to "badonkadonk"... well, one of the joys of reading JZ is never knowing what word or turn-of-phrase you will encounter that you've never seen before!!

It's amazing how enriching a little kindness can b...

2007-10-04T22:57:00.000-05:00

It's amazing how enriching a little kindness can be. You likely reminded Buck that he's still good company - to a pretty woman, to boot. Last year, I met a wonderful guy in the infusion center (at a hospital in Philly where I'm a monthly patient) who told me about his time in the Pacific in World War II. I think my job that day was to just be there and listen, but I think I got more out of meeting Nate and hearing his story than he did in telling it.

(One of my birding buddies, a Brit, told me he was taking his Aussie squeeze to Cowtown. Would that I had been there.)

Awwww, I love it that you took some time to talk. ...

2007-10-04T22:42:00.000-05:00

Awwww, I love it that you took some time to talk. A very sweet story. I hope you run into him again.

Badonkadonk. Junk in the trunk. Warbler's got back...

2007-10-04T22:13:00.000-05:00

Badonkadonk. Junk in the trunk. Warbler's got back.

I am soooo hip with my bad street-talkin' self.

Laura, you of the little winky-wink emoticon, "Honky-tonk Badonkadonk" was a Johnny-come-lately. I first heard the term on the long-expired Chapelle Show on Comedy Central. I practically had to wear a diaper when I watched that show. Bill was, I believe, the first to employ the term to describe a Cape May warbler's "lemon-lime badonkadonk," and I stole it from him, as he steals Science Chimp factoids (they are legion) from me. We're a good team.

Ever been to a rodeo at Cowtown, fellow country music fan?

So you're a country music fan then?;-)Nice story. ...

2007-10-04T21:30:00.000-05:00

So you're a country music fan then?

;-)

Nice story. Thanks for sharing it.

Lovely story, Julie. But what is this obscure scie...

2007-10-04T20:31:00.000-05:00

Lovely story, Julie.
But what is this obscure scientific term "badonkadonk"?? Do you mean the bird's "bum-bum", or "heinny", or "be-hind"? Am I on the right track??

Now you've made me cry. Bringing an extra rod in c...

2007-10-04T18:48:00.000-05:00

Now you've made me cry. Bringing an extra rod in case someone wants to fish with him (sniff). I think those of us who have lost our dads have a special affection for older guys like that. I hope you get a chance to chat with him again.

I'm glad you spent time with an old feller, it was...

2007-10-04T17:32:00.000-05:00

I'm glad you spent time with an old feller, it was time well spent and Buck probably has a lot of interesting stories and opinions.

If that isn't the sweetest exchange. So good for ...

2007-10-04T17:20:00.000-05:00

If that isn't the sweetest exchange. So good for both of you to take the moments to have such a conversation.

It sure beats the fighting lovers that Susan keeps running into at her birding spot!

From that angle, he looks like my Dad ("Pop"). Hope you get to share some fishing time with him soon.

Heather
Wayne, PA