Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Rumination from Feathered Infidelities

In writing my January EVM column, I found myself considering a 2010 bird study that makes me wonder what the shifting partnerships of Baby Boom mating has done to the kids. In true Baby Boom style, however, I end up making the rumination about me -- a Boomer on my second marriage, with no biological kids, contemplating monogamy and my place in the flock. Click here for the whole piece.

2 comments:

Teddy Robertson said...

Birdwatching is wonderful for this older couple too. I never would have watched birds when I was younger with my first husband. We seemed to be busy working out the dystopia instead of making a sturdy nest.

Macy Swain said...

Thanks, Teddy. One fervantly hopes the nesting pleasures survive and more than balance out the dystopia.