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Wedding Band tells the story of Julia Augustine, a Black seamstress who lives in a secluded backyard where Herman, her white lover of ten years, can pay inconspicuous visits. In Childress' South Carolina of 1918, "mixed" affairs must be kept as clandestine as possible to prevent public humiliation, ridicule, or surprise late night visits from the local Ku Klux Klan. The two keep to themselves, celebrating their tenth anniversary alone in her shabby room with a small wedding cake. They profess undying love for each other and hope for the day when they can go North to marry. Yet guilt...
...Backyard conservation...
...Fire Station 8 and a bank in a San Francisco warehouse area, a green grove of trees and shrubs attracts finches, hawks, hummingbirds and others seldom seen in the city's industrial neighborhood. Ten trees and a variety of bushes growing on a 30-ft. by 40-ft. backyard in Brooklyn have attracted 105 varieties of birds, including crow, red-bellied woodpecker and green heron...
...three oases, and some 1,700 others across the country, are certified participants in the Backyard Wildlife Program. Sponsored by the Washington-based National Wildlife Federation, the program aims at providing urban and suburban refuges for wildlife. Backyard habitats also benefit their human owners. Families become versed in natural lore, often increase the value of their property and save energy by staying home and watching the warblers. Membership is limited to those with three acres or less...
...backyard conservationists often produce remarkable results in a tiny space. In Elgin, Ill., Derr and Peggi Andrlik's 140-ft. by 140-ft. lot is shared by 100 ducks, red foxes, squirrels, wood-chucks and a doe, as well as Pedro and Caspar, two pyrrhuloxias that have taken up residence 1,500 miles from their natural home in Mexico. A habitat in Thomasville, Ga., owned by the Robert Boissieres, abounds with shrubs, trees, vines, wild flowers and grasses; it has become a refuge for a wide variety of birds, including an occasional giant pileated woodpecker. Now that...