What a hoot-as in the Peacock and the Officer! Billy Baker at The Farm Bar & Grill in Essex. Boston Globe

A good smile read, for sure. article here.

Besides The Farm, Essex Shipbuilding Museum is mentioned, too.

Billy Baker article 12/13/2024

“And she has tried. And tried. This was her second attempt of the day, and the previous one — when the bird was perched on the railing of an apartment complex, staring in a window at a woman trying to get dressed — ended as many others have. The bird took one look at Reilly and her net and turned into Usain Bolt, sprinting off before flying up into a tree…