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Yesterday was a bit of a horrible one in terms of things that have to do with the extended family, and that coupled with everything else going on — oil spill, flooding in Tennessee, Icelandic Volcano, earthquakes, racist laws in Arizona, etc. — is it me or is the world coming to an end? So, a moment to get down to basics. Two birds outside my window. Minute by minute.