Well, not ducklings, actually, but baby coots seen this afternoon. They were obviously extremely young, and it was difficult to photograph them because they kept zooming and darting about. Their parents kept diving down to look for food, and while they were underwater, the cootlings bowled merrily about the surface of the lake like dandelion clocks.
Author scams
By a strange coincidence, the 'Long Read' by investigative journalist Snigdha Poonam in today's Guardian is on the very subject that...


O joy! A new word to add to my vocabulary!