“In order to remember where they cached all their food something that varies winter by winter, chickadees, have evolved the mechanism of a featherweight brain that turns over easily…discarding what no longer applies and bringing in a fresh batch of impressionable brain cells. By spring, their brains have shrunk back down, no longer needing quite as much space to remember all those stashes.”
Loved this post and the pictures. I appreciate the clarity and light touch of your writing even as you address serious subjects. I liked the sentence below in particular, because it made me laugh AND made me recall one of many favorite gameshows I used to watch.
"I guess Big SADD wasn’t up on Capitol Hill lobbying hard enough on behalf of the Sun or the brains that would’ve benefitted from it shining on them past the airing of $10,000 Pyramid."
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Loved this post and the pictures. I appreciate the clarity and light touch of your writing even as you address serious subjects. I liked the sentence below in particular, because it made me laugh AND made me recall one of many favorite gameshows I used to watch.
"I guess Big SADD wasn’t up on Capitol Hill lobbying hard enough on behalf of the Sun or the brains that would’ve benefitted from it shining on them past the airing of $10,000 Pyramid."
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Thanks so much, David, both for being a reader, and that specific appreciation. Looking forward to your sub too.
Beautiful, Amanda! I also am a light junkie and am counting the days until December 22. I’ve been counting them for as long as I can remember.
I know you are, Dorothy!