When the turkey won the day ...

On this day, so lethal to turkeys, it seems right to raise up a brave (and irritable) turkey which achieved its purpose.

Some years ago, while running in Marin County, I intruded on this fellow's territory. Presumably there was a turkey hen and little ones somewhere near by.

I had bare legs. A feinted kick and fast departure seemed smart and off I sprinted. Score one for daddy turkey!

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We have much to be thankful for. In two high profile murders of Black men, in the past year the apparatus of law has been able to take notice of the crimes. And Joe Biden, not Donald Trump, is president. Let us give thanks for living to fight another day ...