055: Pink Birds of Winter

Boxcar English

Feb 13 2026 | 00:13:05

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Show Notes

I was enjoying the Winter birds so much I went to the library to find a book about them so I could learn their names. and I was thinking about the way those birds sound like the word “pink” not the color, but the way the word sounds how do you say “pink” in your language? WRITING EXERCISE: Take the phrase “I can’t help but feel…” and make sentences with it. If you start each line with this, “I can’t help but feel…” you can make a poem out of it. There are more instructions at the end of the […]

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