The October weather is a shipwreck, as I speak, and even the hummingbirds know when it’s time to fly South. They are regular feeders every year on my back porch, fatten for the commute, and go when it’s time. Last year, I had Big Bird feeding until — get this — Tuesday of Thanksgiving week! I had to chip through the feeder several times. I hope that she made it.
the hummers are gone
About the Author: Sue Langenberg
Sue Langenberg’s “Hot Flashes” column was born at weekly publication Freeport iNK, (now defunct) in Northern Illinois. It followed her B.A. from Northern Illinois University, class of ’98. It was the year that they let hags out! The iNK column began at her keyboard whenever she had some imaginary bone to pick about life or a typing tantrum to feel better. Along the way, the paper also published her theatre/cultural submissions and various other assignments.
