Rain Gryphon

At nightfall, I saw the tail end of the local crows, in their massed flock, on their way to the winter roost in Sharon's Wood, just northeast of here. Hundreds and hundreds of them, a stream of crows that stretched across the sky, extended families and clans forming groups within the whole, and lone bachelor birds around the edges or at the rear of the stream. I saw a good 600 crows pass in a minute, I know.

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Hitler liked decaf. Also, I had no idea of the history of Sanka Coffee.

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So, the messaging function on my phone has a word predictor, which seems to be adaptive, since it will often suggest "Alexandra" when presented with a capital A. Today, however, as I went to wish my mom a happy thanksgiving, "Ha-" brought up "Happy", so well and good. The next words suggested, though, before I'd input anything, featured "Easter". I'm guessing the predictor doesn't use the calendar.