Mention Amy Tan and most of us will think of the Joy Luck Club at the First Chinese Baptist Church. Little do we know the backyard of hers, a menagerie of fledglings – baby juncos, flinches, and chickadees – drawn to the bird feeders.
Through reading The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan, I have been fascinated by her personal observations of birds in backyard. A paradise for birds.
Our lodging in Norway this week, it turns out, is as colourful as Amy Tan's. We visited Nordland, where Norway narrows and heads for the Arctic. Before heading for the Lofoten Islands, we stayed at Bodø, right next to Saltstraumen. The view from our cottage is second to none. Gulls, Arctic terns, Eurasian oystercatchers, grey herons are right next to us.
I wonder if there is better meaning of joy. Or luck.
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