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This morning in the Boston Globe there was an article about the ice in which the city is encased, along with a graphic explaining how to walk like a penguin.  I wish I could find a bigger version, but here's what I could find:



I like the penguin's earnestness, as though he is very carefully teaching the silly human how to walk properly.  Though they left out the part where you should eat several times your body weight in fatty fish so that when you do fall, you will bounce and slide without harm.

I was thinking last night about Alaska and my time there.  One of the things I thought about was the raptor rehabilitation center I briefly volunteered at, and so I googled it to see what I could see.  Happily, they've gotten bigger and better!  The Alaska Raptor Center looks like a state of the art facility.  I am grateful for the lessons I learned there, and so I paid some of that back by adopting Gilbert the raven.  Somebody shot him and he can no longer fly, but is otherwise happy and healthy, so he's a permanent resident at the center.  He's not really a raptor, but that's okay.  Masquerading as one suits a trickster. 

After shoveling wet heavy snow this morning and then walking through the wet heavy snow to the train station, I do not think I will hold it against me if I do not work out tonight.  Lots of sewing to do anyway, and I'd like to cook an actual meal with, you know, fresh vegetables and things.
 

Date: 2009-01-07 05:52 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] synaesthesia.livejournal.com
OMG the martian dude! I had totally forgotten about that until just now.

I raise you:

Date: 2009-01-07 05:49 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] synaesthesia.livejournal.com
Grr, you beat me to it!

Date: 2009-01-07 04:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kambriel.livejournal.com
I've suddenly got "Walk like an Egyptian" running in my head with the word replaced by "Penguin"! I wonder if it would be ~too~ much if I were to practice my technique even without the surrounding ice? ;)

Your package has arrived with ~delicious~ contents in perfect non-crumbled condition (and the card is a pure treasure, thank you)! We may need to get a recipe from you so we can make them again sometime ~ I now have two favourite cookies ~ these and some pumpkin cranberry ones we make... interesting that they both have cranberries in common :)

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