Dear Tweeters,
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Just in case Herr Schrimpf does not get around to posting it before tomorrow morning, it should be mentioned that he and Sara[h] found a Palm Warbler today at the Fir Island Game Range. They told me they'd seen it along the big new dike, about ten percent of the way along it, on the right side. I reckon they had walked only a few hundred feet at most before seeing this bird. Apologies for not remembering their full names. As I explained when I met them, I am still envious that he has an even higher consonant-to-vowel ratio in his surname than I have in mine!
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Yours truly,
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Gary Bletsch

Near Lyman, Washington (Skagit County), USA

garybletsch at yahoo.com

"Nun," sagte ich, "wenn ich ein Taugenichts bin, so ist's gut, so will ich in die Welt gehen, und mein Glueck machen." Und eigentlich war mir das recht lieb, denn es war mir kurz vorher selber eingefallen, auf Reisen zu gehen, da ich die Goldammer, welche im Herbst und Winter immer betruebt an unserm Fenster sang: "Bauer, miet' mich, Bauer, miet' mich!" nun in der schoenen Fruehlingszeit wieder ganz stolz und lustig vom Baume rufen hoerte: "Bauer, behalt' deinen Dienst!"