Sunsets, Stars, West, Wind
I solved the mystery of the missing robin’s nest once my husband woke up. I asked him if the nest was intact before he fell asleep. He replied that as far as he knew, the nest was there until the early morning hours. Once he was dressed, he walked out into the back yard and spotted the empty nest in the middle of the lower half of our yard. Quite a ways away from the upper patio and the back porch light. Here are some photos to give you an idea:
Gone.
Vanished.
Barely left a trace behind.
To say I was shocked this morning would be an understatement. Just last night Terry and I witnessed Mother Robin feeding her babies from the edge of her nest (see other posts for the actual nest since there’s little to no trace of it this morning above our porch light).
I’m worried now that Continue reading “Bye Bye Birdies”
Quotes/Excerpts:
What makes the dispute between Amazon and Hachette different is that Amazon’s tactics have no obvious consumer benefit, a key antitrust consideration.
The group “deplores any attempt by any party that would seek to injure and punish innocent authors — and their innocent readers — in order to pursue its position in a business dispute. We believe that such actions are analogous to hostage-taking to extort concessions, and are just as indefensible.” — Gail Hochman, president of the Association of Authors’ Representatives
What kind of entity in a competitive market would willfully drive customers into the arms of its competitors unless it believes it doesn’t really have any competitors? Can you imagine Best Buy refusing to deliver for a period of weeks what’s available from its competitors? But Amazon behaves as though they’re the only game in town. And increasingly they are. It’s a head-scratcher why anyone with regulatory authority would tolerate it. If this is not an example of untoward power, I don’t know what is. — Scott Turow, a Hachette author and former president of the Authors Guild and a lawyer.
As a reader, I enjoy low prices but I don’t want prices so low that the authors finally decide it’s not worth it and quit writing.