Posted By crates on January 2, 2008

     Once again I am reading a novel by Tim Powers.  A new Border’s Book Store opened up nearby, and I found two of his novels that I haven’t read before: The Drawing of the Dark and Three Days to Never.  A few months ago, I talked about reading another of his recent books, Declare, and stating that I hated to finish the book because I was enjoying it too much.  That’s the way I feel about The Drawing of the Dark.   I limit myself to a few pages a day so I won’t tear through it in one great gulp.  I haven’t yet read a book by Powers that I didn’t like.   It doesn’t seem quite right to say that he writes about the supernatural or the fantastical, which he does, but it’s more than that.  He often combines the fantastic with history, combining it at times into a kind of mystery story, all done with a remarkable feel for the peculiar atmosphere and ambiance which gives all his books their appeal.

     On my walk to the beach yesterday, I saw three Bald Eagles.  Today I heard an immature Bald Eagle calling, as I also did yesterday, in one stretch of forest on the way to the beach.  For at least the past 6 years I have heard immature eagles calling in this same stretch of woods, and assume that the eagles nest in that area.  The woods is now surrounded by residential area, and I fear for its safety.

     I saw a flock of 44 Common Mergansers swimming along the margins of the Sound also.  The males are always less numerous in such flocks and look totally different from the females.  There were only ten males in this flock.

Categories: Authors, nature
Tags: Common Mergansers, nature, Tim Powers