This month's tidbits Archived Columns Articles Dear Madeleine . It is difficult not to look out the window in April. Outside my window, a steady rain is falling, but the birds are undeterred.
Activity is high as they dart, in pairs, from feeder to perch to treetop.
A bluejay pair picks a piece of straw from the edge of my compost pile, and flies off to add it to their nest. Above them, a tiny Carolina wren proclaims, for all the world, this spot as his, no matter that he's small. Our children are looking out of windows too. As the days warm up, and spring vacations end, it can be hard to get back to school. And not just ordinary dreamers, but champions.