15.06.2011
So I was sitting at my desk, working on a document, when the winds started kicking up. And the clouds thickened. And the sky began to darken. I knew we were supposed to have some thunderstorms, but I thought it was still all right—no thunder yet, no lightning yet. I mean, the birds were still [...]
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07.06.2011
The other evening, as dusk was settling in, I noticed a bird—a finch I think—singing. There’s nothing unusual about that. It’s late spring, it was a warm evening, the windows were open. What struck me though, wasn’t that he was doing what birds do. What made me stop was the urgency of his song. This [...]
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