Thursday, June 25, 2009

preparedness


The Wife reports this is the morning beverage of choice for Italian children.
When they reach the appropriate age, ten or eleven, they're transitioned to the hard stuff- straight coffee.

As I sat in the big chair huffing from a freshly opened pound of Peet's, this approach seemed fine and right.

Our crow was back on the deck earlier, yelling at its friends.
Fuss was mesmerized.
"Le Corbeau," the Wife croaked from her nest on the floor, built to shield us from a late night coughing fit.

Last time it was hummingbirds and blue jays.
What do crows portend?

3 comments:

  1. From the internet:

    Scandinavians legends show two crows, perched on Odin's seat: Hugi, the Spirit, and Munnin, the Memory. They symbolize the principle of creation. In the same way, these birds are the companions of Wotan.

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  2. One for sorrow
    Two for joy
    Three for a girl
    Four for a boy
    Five for silver
    Six for gold
    Seven for a secret, never to be told
    Eight for a wish
    Nine for a kiss
    Ten for a bird you must not miss

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  3. you went to too many ren faires as a youth.

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