Do not answer a fool in accordance with his folly or retweet said nonsense into the feeds of thy friends. --Proverbs 3:17, probably

At the 1st church I pastored was a deacon named Peg. Peg would often call to tell me she'd felt a 'God breeze'--an encounter with something beautiful or holy. She always brought me a May Day basket of flowers.

My last year there I did her funeral. I think about her every May 1.

Loving this fabulous new book from Kathleen Bostrom.

Y’all always tell me that my 5yo needs her own book. Well, this character is just as spunky and opinionated! My 5yo saw herself in Sophie immediately. And then drew her own dragon.

Home run, Kathy.

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I just deleted my FB page and it feels so gooooooood.

(Still have my author page there, but no more personal one.)

5yo: WHAT ARE YOU GETTING?
Me: Cards for Mother's Day.
5: FOR WHO?
Me: My mom and both of my grandmothers.
5: BUT NOT YOUR GRANDPA
Me: Well, it's Mother's Day
5: ALSO HE IS DEAD

My phone keeps autocorrecting “day” to “fat” and I’m pretty sure this is going to get me fired somefat soon.

No one:
Absolutely no one:
Not a soul:
Me: Googling photos of molting Northern Cardinals and absolutely losing it.

Check out my review of the wonderful new book 'Looking Up: A Birder's Guide to Hope through Grief' by Courtney Ellis 🎈! #books #BirdTwitter dearstrangethings.substack.com/p/book-review-…

Book of the Day: What may we learn from the birds in times of grief? Courtney Ellis 🎈 InterVarsity Press

This week on the pod: author Amy Tan shares her fabulous new book, The Backyard Bird Chronicles.

She describes the delight of Oak Titmice, why good birding starts close to home, and just how many mealworms may be too many to keep in the fridge.

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This is the best book I’ve read this year. I cried and laughed and gloried in the beauty of the gospel that tells us we are worth more than many sparrows. 5/5 ⭐️ Thank you, Courtney Ellis 🎈. This is a treasure.

Got to talk to the brilliant, birdy Amy Tan for this week’s episode of The Thing With Feathers.

Her fabulous book, The Backyard Bird Chronicles, comes out tomorrow!

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