The common raven is among the smartest of birds. Perhaps you already know they are also good thieves. Perhaps the word “good” here is...

I am avoiding the news. I always want to know everything. By fasting for the season of Lent, to allow myself to focus on other things.

You pick the trouble that most vexes you, your personal reason for despair. We can do so if we don’t know what has happened before.