Swallow house

Jim, the owner of the Corner Book Store, gave me a bird lesson yesterday, along with a gentle reminder that I had left a misspelling in my posting. "They've should have been they're," and "Taylor's" should have had the apostrophe.

Not long after I returned from the book signing, I fixed one error. Today I'm fixing another more grevious, eggregious---whatever the learned folks of invacuous eloquence would like to call the error.

Just cuz they have blue coats and look like nuns, they aren't bluebirds. They're swallows. Jim was really gentle with that moment of slightdetour editing. He simply said he'd never seen a bluebird yet during his 11 years in Idaho. Then, he handed me the bird book and showed me a photo of the birds I'd described yesterday.

I knew better, but it's a lifelong habit to call those swallows bluebirds. I think it's cuz they take over the houses that all humans would like to provide for the bluebirds. So, we misname them in our wishful thinking.

To see the state bird of Idaho in all its glory, go to Farragut State Park and take a walk around some of the open fields. You'll see the true blue bird.

Thanks, Jim, for the education and for the fun signing. Loved seeing everyone who came to visit or to buy a book.

By the way, the swallows have moved in.