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Do you see current events differently because you were raised by a black father and are married to a black man? I am surprised they haven’t left already — things have gotten downright frosty, nearly unbearable. A mob of them is apparently mouthing off outside when I put down my newspaper and we all gather to stand beside my daughter in the bay of kitchen windows.Quiscalus quiscula: this name sounds like a spell which, after its casting, will make things crumble into a complement of unanswerable questions. Though, if you need me to tell you God’s honest truth, I know nothing but their common name the morning we watch them attack our feeder. I complain about the mess they leave. Hulls I’ll have to sweep up or ignore. My father — who I am thankful is still alive — says We could use a different kind of seed