I’ve got a Hornit electric horn which I touch when I get home to let my family know I’ve arrived. For those of you who haven’t heard it, the sound is a high-pitched squeal. The other evening, when I sounded it, I got an equal response from my local mockingbird. He’s learned to Hornit.

When I approach one portion of one of my routes in the dark, I start singing. It is a local hangout for skunks, and before I started singing, I startled one and he almost got me.