I was shocked to discover that the sparrows from yesterday were actually house finches who today lined the wires outside my window in a sea of tilting pink heads and scruffy fledglings, joining the crow across the street in scolding the tuxedo cat from his daily hunt – so loud that I left my house in repeated attempts to convince him that being pecked on the skull wasn’t a cost he should pay for his feline desires. This is one of those Thursday evenings where I’m nearly caught up on all my projects and actually have some space to breathe.