One Can But Wish

Yesterday, when I read my wife the headline, “Dick Cheney shoots fellow hunter in Texas,� she asked, “Who did he shoot.�

Although I’d already read the story, I couldn’t help but reply, “He shot Bush in the ass.�

That cracked her up, much more than the boring lack of details that originally accompanied the story.

Silent Witness

Considering that

looked like this and that it was a balmy fifty-plus degree day, it’s no wonder Nisqually Wildlife Refuge looked a lot like this

when we pulled into the parking lot Sunday.

What was amazing, though, was that you could still manage to find an

standing right next to the main trail, silent witness to all that is beautiful in nature.