This barred owl perched outside our sliding back door. It was watching squirrels stealing food I had put out for songbirds. I’ve never seen an owl catch a squirrel. To do so, an owl would need to surprise the squirrel in darkness because squirrels are lightning fast and owls are slow. That’s probably why squirrels don’t come out at night. This owl was wise enough to know this and so watched the unconcerned squirrels from a mere forty feet.

But our yard rabbit has disappeared. Turning on the floodlights at night often revealed Rabbit happily grazing in the middle of our yard even with owls hooting nearby. I tried to save our semi-tame bunny by putting carrots in a safe place. After eating the carrots, it would expose itself to nighttime predators. Rabbits are endearing but not very smart.

I published a blog last year comparing myself to a vulnerable bunny. Next week I’m going to post a carefully researched and non-political observation about generational finances. I feel compelled to do so.  We need to be as wise as owls are reputed to be.

Please read next week’s blog.

Drew