In response, posted to rec.boats.cruising,
Harry Krause wrote:
...the outdoor critters.

It's really cold out in our area (16F, -9C), and there's not much for
our wild feathered or furry friends to eat out there. Why not buy a
couple of bags of corn and sunflower seed for the birds, and a big bag
of dry cat food for the raccoons, possums, squirrels, et cetera, and
toss out a couple handfuls every morning?

Brrrrrrr!

Ya wouldn't have to if ya didn't use poison and clip your "lawn" to
look just like all the other girly man's lawns, who gotta compete to
see who looks the most pussey whipped of them all.

Let your yard grow up and you will create a natural habitat for the
critters. There is no need to limit them, except for the ones inside
your attic or walls. We are all farmers at heart.

Don't start feeding them unless you will do it religiously. It will
kill them if you start feeding them and then forget.

I was looking at a pair of fat old crows huddled in a tree across
the street as a blizzard blew yesterday all to hell. I stopped to
think how they must be suffering and then it struck me; they aren't
suffering. They have a coat of interlocking feathers which spills
the wind, is insulated with down, the only part not protected is
their eye lids and their feet, thickly calloused. They sit, waiting
for a morstle to appear, for a mouse to disturb the snow as it
cruises the soft snowy world looking for grass seeds, old mushrooms,
frozen bugs, the odd blackberry or rasberry, etc.

It is we who are out of place.

Are you comfortable? This is the season for helping nieghbours.
Who's the best potlatcher?

Let's see the stats that show who can afford what.

City by city.

A christmas contest, mano a mano? Due New Year's Eve, a manic new
contest?

If you where borne where you are, that makes you a native, like a
Bangla Deshian, whatever. Now, they need help.

Where is the army when you need it for the good fight?

Terry K

Terry K