[nathcd]

I spend my Tuesday and Wednesday evenings at a parrot rescue/sanctuary. It's a lot of work, but it's great de-stressor and counterbalance to staring at computers all week.

A couple weeks ago a guy accidentally drove his car into the side of our building. He hit and collapsed a couple cages, and hit a gas line, but by some miracle none of the birds were seriously injured. Things have been pretty hectic lately, there's been no shortage of work to be done since the accident.

http://www.twincities.com/2017/04/05/avian-sanctuary-trying-...

I'm not sure how it's helped me grow, aside from the common things like making some friends and helping me feel a sense of meaning and service. Mostly I do it because I love birds and hanging out with birds.

Lately I've been really interested in https://techsolidarity.org and wondering how to get involved in that (or something like it). If anyone in the Twin Cities area is also interested in such a thing and wants to team up, send me an email at nated at posteo dot net.