We are a commune of inquiring, skeptical, politically centrist, capitalist, anglophile, traditionalist New England Yankee humans, humanoids, and animals with many interests beyond and above politics. Each of us has had a high-school education (or GED), but all had ADD so didn't pay attention very well, especially the dogs. Each one of us does "try my best to be just like I am," and none of us enjoys working for others, including for Maggie, from whom we receive neither a nickel nor a dime. Freedom from nags, cranks, government, do-gooders, control-freaks and idiots is all that we ask for.
Checking out a marsh edge before breakfast, Little Saint Simons Island, Georgia. We found a Stilt Sandpiper in that marsh hanging out with a flock of Lesser Yellowlegs.
Oh, pity the poor Lesser Yellowleg. Always in the shadow of the Greater Yellowleg. It would have been kinder to name the Lesser jut Yellowleg, and let greater be Greater.
The Lesser can commiserate with the Least Weasel. Bad enough to be Weasel, but Least?