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I suspect this won't get published until November at the earliest, but I am already delightfully pleased with this bit:
Canada geese fly overhead, honking. Your inner northeast Ohioan notices that you are confused; it’s the wrong season for them to migrate this far south, and they’re flying westwards, anyways.
A quick Google discovers that some Canada geese have now established themselves non-migratorily in the Bay Area:
"The Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 banned hunting or the taking of eggs without a permit. These protections, combined with an increase i... (read more)