During the time of the heavy snowfall in the Spokane area in December 2008 I worried about the welfare of the deer. As I drove around the areas I was used to seeing them I found they were few and far between. The snow was so deep they simply could not get around very well. They must have been staying deep in the woods.
Yesterday was a good day. The deer are back and their numbers do not seem reduced. The recent warmth has reduced the depth of the snow and so the deer are able to move about again. Surprisingly they looked healthy -- not too lean and with healthy coats of fur. In this picture they are feeding on branches downed by a recent heavy frost.
I will not say where, . . . .
In the top floors of this downtown Spokane building some psychologists are conducting their business. The are consultants. They consult with the United States military or how best to interrogate prisoners of war. They are in constant contact, I hear, communicating with the prisoner interrogators from a special communications facility west of Spokane in an area known as the West Plains. We do such things in the name of righteous war. The war people will say it is all necessary. I would suppose so if you believed in the final efficacy of war and wished to be sure the ethic of war is what our society should be based on. The building is known as the "Old American Legion Building."
