Brown pelicans and probably Heermann’s gulls, which we see in summer. The raven babies are full size but still begging from their parents.

How do you stop the hurt
of having to breathe?
—Toi Derricotte
from The Telly Poems

“His father would say, ‘You are not good for your own sake. That probably isn’t even possible. You are good as a courtesy to everyone around you. Keeping a promise or breaking it, telling the truth or lying—these things matter to those around you. So there is good you can do and can always do again. You do not have to believe you are good in order to act well in any specific case. You never lose that option.’ ”—Marilyn Robinson

#NotMyChild

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