Suna K 🕊️💙 🇺🇦
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Blogger, Master Naturalist, birder, knitter, horse lover, dog mom of 5 in rural central Texas. Trying to be a good pagan Buddhist and live in the moment. Munching popcorn 🍿 waiting for the fall of civilization. 💙
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Confession: I love my turkey.
Confession: I love my turkey.
Of My Two Keys: Turkey and Donkey
Hey, not too much broke today, and though we have to wait for an air conditioning part, a convenient “cold” front came through, so sleeping won’t be too bad tonight. This leaves me with my observat…
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September 25, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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Confession: I love my turkey.
Confession: I love my turkey.
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Your mind can do weird stuff to you.
Your mind can do weird stuff to you.
Am I Paranoid or Are They Really Out to Get Me?
I’m not doing myself any favors by watching the news. And it’s really not a good idea to listen to friends’ conspiracy theories. I try to avoid them but they sneak in, leading to nightmares like I …
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September 24, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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Your mind can do weird stuff to you.
Your mind can do weird stuff to you.
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A beautiful and uplifting tree book
A beautiful and uplifting tree book
Book Report: The Tree Collectors
This is the book I needed right now. I needed sweet stories of people who love trees and are willing to go to great lengths to show that love. I also needed simple but beautiful watercolors of tree…
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September 21, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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A beautiful and uplifting tree book
A beautiful and uplifting tree book
thehermitsrest.blog/2025/09/19/l... I found beauty and kindness, at least some.
Looking for Beauty and Kindness
I declared that today would be spent looking for beauty and kindness wherever I went. That started out early, since we wanted to leave for a camping weekend (at last) as early as possible. Beauty b…
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September 20, 2025 at 2:49 AM
thehermitsrest.blog/2025/09/19/l... I found beauty and kindness, at least some.
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Horsing around is much calmer these days.
Horsing around is much calmer these days.
Drama Averted
Let’s talk about how great I am. No, that’s boring. Let’s talk about how my confidence has improved in my horsemanship. (Because there’s still some progress to be made in other areas.) One horse ac…
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September 19, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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Horsing around is much calmer these days.
Horsing around is much calmer these days.
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I have hints! Let’s cope together!
I have hints! Let’s cope together!
How Can You Cope in Today’s Troubled Times?
There are some practices and “mind tricks“ I use to stay on a level key while the world of people, politics, and ethics changes to something almost unrecognizable. Note that I am not describing how…
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September 17, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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I have hints! Let’s cope together!
I have hints! Let’s cope together!
I read this book. It is significant. It is insightful. Than you, Robert Reich.
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Book Report: Coming Up Short
Full disclosure: Robert Reich is the American I admire most. So it’s no surprise that I hoped to enjoy his new memoir, Coming Up Short: A Memoir of My America (2025). Yes. Punning is involved. He’s…
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September 16, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I read this book. It is significant. It is insightful. Than you, Robert Reich.
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Today I write about sounds. That’s hard.
Today I write about sounds. That’s hard.
Yes, More Niceness, Bird Edition
I tried to write a post with some substance, but I’ve had a headache for two days and I couldn’t concentrate. So I’ll tell you what I enjoy lately. Bluebird – it’s blurry, so obviously by me.…
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September 16, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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Today I write about sounds. That’s hard.
Today I write about sounds. That’s hard.
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Trying to live in the moment.
Trying to live in the moment.
Cheerful Moments
Ok! Cute things here we come! This morning I found where all the false foxgloves were hiding this year? And they were right next to a hawthorn tree with lots of fruit. Prairie False Foxgloves Agali…
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September 15, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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Trying to live in the moment.
Trying to live in the moment.
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I miss my mother’s love.
I miss my mother’s love.
Mom, I Miss Her
Today my mom would have been 103, so unlike many of my friends, I never expected her to be around for me at my age. But since she has been gone for 40 years, I’ve missed her longer than I had her. …
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September 14, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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I miss my mother’s love.
I miss my mother’s love.
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Being an American is hard. Birds are good.
Being an American is hard. Birds are good.
Just Birds
This evening, Scissortail Flycatchers were dive-bombing into the pins and chattering away. They aren’t as graceful as the swallows, but it looks like they accomplished their mission. I never saw so…
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September 13, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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Being an American is hard. Birds are good.
Being an American is hard. Birds are good.
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Blaming the other side is a waste of time. Just stop shooting.
Blaming the other side is a waste of time. Just stop shooting.
Here’s What I Think
As if it matters, other than to me. I think Americans should stop using their beloved guns to kill other people. Here she goes again. No one is listening, says the greatest Egret ever. It’s been ma…
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September 11, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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Blaming the other side is a waste of time. Just stop shooting.
Blaming the other side is a waste of time. Just stop shooting.
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I finally read this!
I finally read this!
Book Report: Braiding Sweetgrass
People who know me well may find it odd that I only just finished reading Braiding Sweetgrass, by Robin Wall Kimmerer (2015). After all, as I mentioned a couple of days ago, it’s a Suna kind of boo…
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September 9, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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I finally read this!
I finally read this!
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My book report will come later, but I have sorta amusing rambles today.
My book report will come later, but I have sorta amusing rambles today.
Stay Tuned
I just finished reading the wonderful book, Braiding Sweetgrass, which somehow I hadn’t managed to read yet. No doubt there was a good reason I didn’t read it when I bought it, but of course I love…
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September 7, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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My book report will come later, but I have sorta amusing rambles today.
My book report will come later, but I have sorta amusing rambles today.
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I got through the day!
I got through the day!
I Did It
What did I do? I survived an overwhelming work week without losing my temper at anyone. I’m sure glad this week was only four work days! Flying away like these cattle egrets was very tempting! The …
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September 6, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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I got through the day!
I got through the day!
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I confess to enjoying coloring books.
I confess to enjoying coloring books.
Regressing to Childhood?
Maybe. I was a bit too tired to do much after I finally finished a long work day, plus it was suddenly 100° outside after a break in the weather. Sunflower doesn’t care. Photo by Lee. So I sat in m…
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September 5, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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I confess to enjoying coloring books.
I confess to enjoying coloring books.
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No more energy drinks at night. Or ever.
No more energy drinks at night. Or ever.
Tonight I Chose Better
Better what? Better evening beverage. I grabbed one of Kathleen’s special drinks last night and enjoyed it. But it turns out to have secretly been an “energy drink.” Thus I got less sleep last nigh…
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September 4, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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No more energy drinks at night. Or ever.
No more energy drinks at night. Or ever.
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How can you be blue when you have dogs, horses, and butterflies?
How can you be blue when you have dogs, horses, and butterflies?
Do I Have the Blues?
It looks like I do. I made a drink from one of Kathleen’s little flavor packets and ended up with the blues: blue drink, nails, hair, and glasses. I will point out that I had a brown shirt (with a …
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September 3, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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How can you be blue when you have dogs, horses, and butterflies?
How can you be blue when you have dogs, horses, and butterflies?
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It’s dove season. Horses don’t mind.
It’s dove season. Horses don’t mind.
Noisy Times in Rural Texas
What? You don’t know why it’s noisy here right now? Get out your Texas Parks and Wildlife hunting regulations booklet! Right there! Dove Season You see, it’s always a little blam-blammy on the firs…
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September 2, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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It’s dove season. Horses don’t mind.
It’s dove season. Horses don’t mind.
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It rained. I played inside.
It rained. I played inside.
A Meteorological Respite
Ah. Today we got beautiful rain, over 2” but I won’t measure until the morning. It was another great day to read on the porch! So cozy and dry I was sorry to miss my horse lesson but we’ve reschedu…
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September 1, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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It rained. I played inside.
It rained. I played inside.
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There’s also a self critique
There’s also a self critique
Three Thoughts I Had
Are they all true truisms? You can decide. One. The best time to go to Costco on the weekend in a college town is during a home football game. Everyone but nerds, Goths, old hippies (us), and peopl…
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August 31, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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There’s also a self critique
There’s also a self critique
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Not a good day, mentally.
Not a good day, mentally.
Well Dang
Trying to stay on an even keel these days is a challenge, isn’t it? No need to name all the reasons why, because you know the ones that affect us all, and we each have our own personal stresses, gr…
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August 29, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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Not a good day, mentally.
Not a good day, mentally.
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My turkey is a year old! But my oldest hen passed away.
My turkey is a year old! But my oldest hen passed away.
Fowl News: Good and Bad
Not much has been going on in poultry land these days. Only Connie has been laying, so we have an ample supply of very large eggs for our cooking. There were two today. I also realized it’s her bir…
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August 28, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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My turkey is a year old! But my oldest hen passed away.
My turkey is a year old! But my oldest hen passed away.
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Happy Dog Day
Happy Dog Day
Dog Day Thoughts
I’m pretty wiped out from doing so much outside in the heat. I know Apache and I are both looking forward to the promised cold front. But today is National Dog Day in the US, so I’ll focus on the d…
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August 27, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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Happy Dog Day
Happy Dog Day
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A new nature watcher was born today
A new nature watcher was born today
Converting a Coworker
Today was lots of fun in the bird department, as lots of songbirds decided to let me see them. At last I truly believe that Orchard Orioles and Yelliwthroats live in my trees. There was also a Kest…
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August 23, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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A new nature watcher was born today
A new nature watcher was born today