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On morning walks, I’d see my nonagenarian neighbor on a small stool filling bird feeders with nyjer or sunflower seed. She’d smile but not speak, blue veins and bony rake on the back of her hand clutc...

On morning walks, I’d see my nonagenarian neighbor on a small stool filling bird feeders with Nygerz or sunflower seed. She’d smile but not speak, blue veins and bony rake on the back of her hand...