Living in the North Country, Boundary Effects is a blog by Austin Jantzi. Though a physicist, I write mostly about books, sometimes about music, but generally about whatever I find interesting.

Common Birds 34 - American Redstart III

Common Birds 34 - American Redstart III

Thursday, June 1

Today is exactly the peaceful, unremarkable, even forgettable day I wanted to celebrate on Tuesday. The fever of spring migration is passing. The newcomers, grosbeaks and orioles, are settled in. The mother American redstart is faithful to her nest. Myriad fish nip the underside of the water, rippling the surface like rain. The busy world is hushed. Everything is beautiful, and nothing is new, so peace flows through like a river, washing away my jaggedness.

Ah, how wonderful the way a redstart can overthrow my grandest plans.

Common Birds 35 - Common Yellowthroat

Common Birds 35 - Common Yellowthroat

Common Birds 33 - American Redstart II

Common Birds 33 - American Redstart II