11/15/12

Memories of Birds

A cat ate the first bird I remember. I was four. The bird was much, much younger. We lived in a Long Island town where ground squirrels and ladybugs pass for wildlife and nature wasn't part of our lives. Then one day, the chick – a starling or a house sparrow? - landed in our fireplace. Mom and Dad decided it was our duty to raise this little Santa survivor.

Berlin

Monika walked through the wall. All these years, then just like that. No more climbing, no more digging. No more dying. Neither the first ...