16 February 1999
Blackbirds Fly
Ok, so I have to tell Tom he was right. I suppose it isn't entirely unheard of that a ~man~ can be right from time to time. Actually, Tom is one of my best sources. He is a wealth of information on wild things. It is nice to have a husband who hung around in the woods for so many years.
I don't know why I didn't just BELIEVE him, but no. . . I had to do my skeptical thing and insist that red-winged blackbirds should have RED on their wings. (By the way, birds have been discovering our feeders. *grin* I think they've inspired me to start a bird page.) Anyway, after much discussion and with Tom's voice of great authority insisting that those birds with the pale yellow lines on their wings were red-winged blackbirds, I did a search on the Internet and discovered that he is right.
We almost always have some sparrows and grackles and mourning doves out there now. The doves remind me of my childhood - happy memories of playing out in the backyard doing my science experiments with mud or practicing bailing out of the swings. I could always hear the doves, although, I have to admit, I thought they were some sort of owl at the time.
Good Morning, Texas is airing a series on women's health. Tomorrow morning, they are covering the topic of heart disease. I'm thinking of watching it, although I think I have a pretty good rundown on all of that stuff. My doctor summoned me into his office after my last blood test. He decided I needed some medication to lower my cholesterol because it was high. He didn't think it was funny when I told him it was ~down~ to 267. He kept using the words 'mortality rate' . . .that sort of thing always builds confidence. So there are six things that contribute to heart disease . . .I have five out of six. I don't know how I missed out on the diabetes one. That is a disease that definitely runs in my family.
All I need to do is stop smoking, lose weight, lower my blood pressure and lower my cholesterol. I think I'll do that tomorrow.
