At the point in time of our story, I’d worked from home for about 10 years, and the shine of my basement office had worn away. One summer, I thought it would be a great idea to set myself up with an outdoor office of sorts. I put up a small tent canopy over a table and cut up a cardboard box to wrap around my laptop so I could see my screen. Best of all, I positioned myself to look directly at the bird feeder, which I’d filled with safflower seeds. Squirrels don’t like them, but birds do. Brilliant, right?