Lee Amos
Like many Americans, my backyard has been a source of comfort and gratitude during this difficult year. This week, I have been heartened by a new arrival. American robins – who fly southward to escape cold weather – have been driven as far south as sunny Venice. This is uncommon, because these red-breasted birds migrate as little as possible, and will stop further northward if the winter is mild. But this year, they’re here, and as usual, they’re thirsty. That’s great news for me, because my yard has a birdbath.
In my humble opinion, the birdbath is perhaps the easiest way to bring the joy of birdlife home. They take minutes to install, they last a lifetime, and they help many thirsty birds. For those who want to try a birdbath at home, let me help by addressing a few common mistakes, and providing a few helpful suggestions.
A mother who became a heroin addict after she struggled to cope with being the sole survivor of a car crash that killed three of her friends died from sepsis brought on by long term drug use, an inquest has heard.
Mother-of-two Stacey Haslam, 34, suffered serious injuries when her friend s car smashed into a lamppost and flipped over on the A666 in Darwen, Lancashire, in October 2011.
A coroner has heard the crash had a long term impact on Stacey s life as she went on to develop an addiction to crack cocaine and heroin.
In July of this year, she was admitted to the Royal Bolton Hospital with a leg abscess, thought to have developed from prolonged heroin abuse.
TRAGIC: The aftermath of the crash in Darwen in 2011 in which Stacey Haslam (inset) survived A MUM S life spiralled downwards after being left fighting for her life following a horror crash in which three of her friends died, an inquest has heard. Stacey Haslam was a rear seat passenger when the car she was in crashed into a lamppost and flipped onto its roof near the Ocean Palace restaurant in Darwen, in October 2011. The driver and two other passengers died while Stacey, from Bolton, was left in a critical condition in hospital. She suffered injuries to multiple organs. An inquest into the deaths of driver Lee Amos and passengers Helen Openshaw and Roy O’Brien took place at Blackburn Coroner’s Court in 2012.
TRAGIC: The aftermath of the crash in Darwen in 2011 in which Stacey Haslam (inset) survived A MUM S life spiralled downwards after being left fighting for her life following a horror crash in which three of her friends died, an inquest has heard. Stacey Haslam was a rear seat passenger when the car she was in crashed into a lamppost and flipped onto its roof near the Ocean Palace restaurant in Darwen, in October 2011. The driver and two other passengers died while Stacey, from Bolton, was left in a critical condition in hospital. She suffered injuries to multiple organs. An inquest into the deaths of driver Lee Amos and passengers Helen Openshaw and Roy O’Brien took place at Blackburn Coroner’s Court in 2012.
TRAGIC: The aftermath of the crash in Darwen in 2011 in which Stacey Haslam (inset) survived A MUM S life spiralled downwards after being left fighting for her life following a horror crash in which three of her friends died, an inquest has heard. Stacey Haslam, from Bolton, was a rear seat passenger when the car she was in crashed into a lamppost and flipped onto its roof near the Ocean Palace restaurant in Darwen, in October 2011. The driver and two other passengers died while Stacey was left in a critical condition in hospital. She suffered injuries to multiple organs. An inquest into the deaths of driver Lee Amos and passengers Helen Openshaw and Roy O’Brien took place at Blackburn Coroner’s Court in 2012.