Mahalia LoMeleNov 27, 20204 min readDeerThey must materialize from the soil. Just a minute ago I glanced over to that part of the property, and it was empty of visible...
Mahalia LoMeleNov 27, 20202 min readMy ThrushIn the patch of garden between our tiny house and Merrynook, a Hermit Thrush — furtive, skulking — appears, reappears, disappears. Moist...
Mahalia LoMeleNov 27, 20201 min readBand-Tailed PigeonsOutside the cabin, as I rush from one task to the next, an improbably wet sound overhead. Bird wings, but as if they were flying through...
Mahalia LoMeleSep 29, 20203 min readCalifornia TowheeWe call them “pie birds.” Birds so common that surely they wouldn’t be missed if four-and-twenty of them got baked in a pie. Snarky...