first sign or sure sign
Her chit-chit tier-tier-tier and the male’s shrill oak-a-lee mark avian space, on cattail stalks over wetland territory. A call to them. A sign to me.
They’re not the first to sing in spring. Still, their song is said to be light-house sure. For this, perhaps, they merit the epaulets of gold and red.
Roger Kenyon was North America’s first lay canon lawyer and associate director at the Archdiocese of Seattle. He was involved in tech (author of Macintosh Introductory Programming, Mainstay) before teaching (author of ThinkLink: a learner-active program, Riverwood). Roger lives near Toronto and offers free critical thinking and character development courses online.
“When not writing, I’m riding—eBike, motorbike, and a mow cart that catches air down the hills. One day I’ll have Goldies again.”
