Magpie to the Morning.

Magpie comes a calling, drops a marble from the sky
Tin roof sounds alarming, wake up child
“Let this be a warning” says the magpie to the morning, “Don’t let this fading summer pass you by."

I love the image of this. SO obsessed w/ Neko Case, what can I say.

TAL.

"It was just one of those completely unexpected, acts of providence where two worlds collided and something wonderful came from the point that they touched."

I tried to find a picture that matched this, but couldn't....so maybe I'll paint one.

I've been listening to a lot of This American Life recently, and am just reminded how powerful a truly good story is. It was one on Conventions, particularly the last segment: http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/74/conventions.

Good stuff.

I heard this quote on a show, and it made me think of you, and how we really got close during all the Ryan/Eric stuff we were going through.

Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: What! You too? I thought I was the only one.
C. S. Lewis
English essayist & juvenile novelist (1898 - 1963)