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For reasons that should become apparent (reference Update #2), I’m writing short these days.

Somebody Else’s Robin

In my disoriented state, I misunderstood dear Girlfriend when she told me where she found the KO’d robin. It was behind our block, which means someone else’s nest is empty and our birds were simply on their honeymoon. (Robins do take off for 3 days after they build their nest. Perhaps they take a quickie trip to Vegas?).

Anyway, we’ve got three light blue eggs and one uptight mother on our porch. I suppose I should be feeling some moral/compassionate dilemma, about the unknown dead bird. Instead, I cannot help but get a little hopeful about our porch-guests, despite my efforts to remind myself of tragic cardinals past.

Famous!

You had to listen closely to last night’s episode of Grey’s Anatomy, but it was there—in the list of tests that Dr. Izzie Stevens ordered for her patient (who ended up with just the flu), she included “RMSF”—Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (to those in the know)! Turns out my illness also took a turn on House.

So here it is, my claim to fame. I feel something like relief—no need to write that novel now, to fret about ambition. I have made it to made for TV!

© 2008 Melissa Capers