tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10304963.post111228998724786624..comments2023-08-27T10:54:42.777-05:00Comments on sand creek almanac: Sky Dance (excerpt from A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold)Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07879771115420282834noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10304963.post-1112728044685207392005-04-05T14:07:00.000-05:002005-04-05T14:07:00.000-05:00Randy Stonehill has a song in which he compares th...Randy Stonehill has a song in which he compares the unwanted starlings to all the unwanted people out there (homeless, dirty, crazy...). Since hearing that, I've been more sympathetic to the starlings.Dan Trabuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14303597141397042669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10304963.post-1112713146488424822005-04-05T09:59:00.000-05:002005-04-05T09:59:00.000-05:00Ahhh, starlings. I struggle to find the beauty in ...Ahhh, starlings. I struggle to find the beauty in them, and I ask myself why I have this prejudice against one of God's creations! But they do make some unique sounds. <BR/><BR/>"a flurry of songburst and wingplay"--I LIKE that!Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07879771115420282834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10304963.post-1112316218659402422005-03-31T18:43:00.000-06:002005-03-31T18:43:00.000-06:00My own urban version of your and Aldo's Sky Dance:...My own urban version of your and Aldo's Sky Dance:<BR/><BR/>Sun lay low and gold,<BR/>mellow heat on an autumn eve<BR/>painting trees a rich coffee color.<BR/>A sudden tree explosion sends starlings<BR/>skyward, starward<BR/>into a flurry of songburst and wingplay<BR/>over and back<BR/>swinging loosely, easily, knowingly.<BR/>Synchronized and chaotic.<BR/>Beautiful black shadows dancing on an alabaster sky.Dan Trabuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14303597141397042669noreply@blogger.com