Hello, everyone! I’m hoping to get the formatting done in an acceptable manner today. I’m also going to send ODDITIES on Mondays, since I can’t seem to get them out on Saturday or Sunday. My sweetie, Chuck, “fills the pulpit” for our church—First Presbyterian.
That means he’s in charge of the complete service—sermon, prayers, choosing songs, and leading the congregation during the service. He prints his sermon in large print for easy reading.
He’s extremely good at transforming words on a page into a conversation with those listening. That’s why they always listen and tell him he should be a pastor.
He’s also responsible for creating the bulletin and duplicating it.
He uses my computer on Saturdays to create everything he’ll need for Sunday morning. He also teaches an adult Sunday School lesson.
That’s why it’s difficult for me to write this newsletter on Saturday, after subbing at the High School during the week.
Sundays are the days we spend together in the sunroom, which is also the room with my computer. If I tell him I have to write my newsletter, he gladly leaves me alone to do it. On the day we’re supposed to spend together.
That brings me to Mondays.
Before the ODDITY of the week, I want to share some signs I found on Bored Panda. If you aren’t familiar with this site, which is dedicated to inspire you and make you smile, chuckle, or laugh, I recommend you find it and subscribe to its weekly email.
Get ready to smile or laugh out loud, the way I did.
Hello, Clarice.
I laugh every time I see this picture.
And the next one makes me laugh every time I think about it! Ready?
And now, for the ODDITY of the week!
I’m sure most people consider birds to be limited to the intelligence contained in instinct—what they have to know to eat, drink, fly, mate, and take care of their young.
The exception to that, of course, are those birds who move their newborn offspring to another bird’s nest, leave them there to hog all the food delivered to the nest, and to kick the smaller birds out of the nest completely.
The bird most often note is the Common Cuckoo.
But there’s a brilliant bird out there. It’s the CROW.
Crows are capable of counting, and—the big surprise—seeing a puzzle and solving it! What kind of puzzle?
Here’s a video of a crow solving an 8-STEP PUZZLE to get to a piece of food. As you’ll hear from the man observing this incredible bird, solving 8 steps is extremely rare.
Enjoy!
That’s it for today’s ODDITIES. I have dozens more to share with you, and I’ll do my best to include funny, sweet, or ODD pictures I come across during the week.
Hugs and Happiness!
Linda
PS. Substack won’t let me publish this newsletter until I add the Title and Subtitle. So…there will be two.