If I were going to kill someone, say…Sue for example, it wouldn’t be with a twisty tie from a bread wrapper baked into a delicious enchilada casserole. That would have my fingerprints and DNA all over it. No, I would do it slowly. I would plan it out little by little, over the course of 90 years or so. Like global warming on a polar ice cap, I will ever so imperceptibly yet relentlessly chip away. By the time Sue is 98 years old, she will be so feeble and infirm, I will be able to knock her over with a feather.
I do collect feathers…sort of. I rarely keep them. I usually pick them up, look at them and throw them back down. Sue and I have taken our cameras up to City Park a couple times this summer. That’s where I find most feathers. Sue is a very good photographer. I have a photo of the Boat House from City Park that Sue took. It’s hanging up on my cubicle wall at work. Someone recently asked me if it was a post card. I actually have a lot of her photos up at work and I get lots of people looking and commenting.
Whenever I find a feather I like, a reddish brown one with cream colored spots, for example, I keep that one and put it in one of my hats. So my collection isn’t all that big, but I am always looking. I once bought a bag of feathers from the hobby store, but I don’t like them much. They’re still in the bag packed away in a box. If I ever want to knock someone over with a feather, I have a whole bag of them.
Speaking of bags, I got to chat with my brother, Jeff yesterday. Jeff is an excellent source of movie recommendations. He even calls movies ‘films’. He is THAT knowledgeable. When he says a movie…I mean film…is good, you can bet your britches it really is good. He likes the same kind of movies…I mean films…that I like: Dark and disturbing with French subtitles. He said he has seen a few interesting movies…I mean films…lately and I have to remember to ask him for the titles. He also recommended Mad Men on AMC. So I’ll look for that.
Which brings me back to Sue. Our weekend is coming up. Maybe we can watch a movie together. I hope we go out to breakfast.
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