Flora and Fauna--Mostly Fauna--of the Upper Midwest

1. Last night, coming home in the Miata, with the top down. I love convertibles at night, because I could see the whole sky, Maxfield Parrish in blue and pink-orange clouds, and the moon shining at the half, and something that might have been Venus or might have been an airplane, and all the fireflies rising out of the cornfields saying, Hello! I'm here! Hello! Hello! Where are you?

2. This morning, Catzilla and both ninjas were practically glued in the study window, predating on something in ...