Tag Archives: Crows

From Ireland… and Stockbridge…

Posted on February 25, 2011 by Touch2Touch

It’s been a long while — to be exact, since Christmas — since we heard from Berna, our Irish correspondent over in County Kildare. Here she is, walking again at Clongowes, in what’s becoming spring in Ireland, while we in … Continue reading →

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Interlude: Defending the Crows!

Posted on November 16, 2010 by Touch2Touch

From Seattle, Marilyn has taken up the cause of the crows, who, not so long ago, we referred to by the generally accepted (if peculiar) collective descriptor, a Murder of Crows. Thanks to a recent documentary on PBS, she has become an … Continue reading →

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Collectives: A Murder of Crows

Posted on September 10, 2010 by Touch2Touch

When creatures come together, they form a group, an aggregate, a gathering. The words that are used to describe the collectives of any particular type of creature are whimsical, and often delightful. Crows didn’t actually murder Vincent van Gogh (he … Continue reading →

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