If you love birds, hie thee to a bookstore toot-sweet and bring home this masterpiece. THE BLUEBIRD EFFECT deserves 30 stars. That's one star for every year Julie Zickefoose has devoted to observing, rehabilitating, painting, and writing about wild birds. Her warmth comes through on every page. This...
Zickefoose is a watercolorist who leads an enviable life in Southern Ohio. She's got 80 acres which she roams and sketches. She's a birder, so most of her anecdotes and paintings concern either birds or her young kids or both. She's a bit more anthropomorphic than I'm comfortable with, but a here cr...