Brilliant as always, Christopher. I love your use of the term "atemporal" in relation to white pelicans. I've searched in the past for such a term in my descriptions of pelicans, herons, and other large birds, and I'll be happy to borrow it from you as I write, or simply think, in the future. Of course, by implication, the term applies a…
Brilliant as always, Christopher. I love your use of the term "atemporal" in relation to white pelicans. I've searched in the past for such a term in my descriptions of pelicans, herons, and other large birds, and I'll be happy to borrow it from you as I write, or simply think, in the future. Of course, by implication, the term applies as well to house finches and other creatures, large and small; it's just that these really large fellas really grab your attention. I was thinking of you recently when a belted kingfisher granted me all the time I wanted to study him perched on the large dead tree leaning over the peninsula across from Secret Beach. I was looking for the limpkins that day but they were hiding, but overjoyed at what was, for me, a rare chance watch a kingfisher at length, as opposed to seeing one dart past and disappear. It wasn't that long ago that I myself first noticed house finches. They were doing flash mob stuff in the trees just a block from our house in East Travis Heights. I couldn't get a good look at them. Suddenly one appeared on the pavement just six feet in front of me, and those crazy bright red feathers seemed like neon. Well, I digress. I'm really looking forward to your new book.
Thanks, Jesse! I imported “atemporal” from post-cyberpunk science fiction, where it got heavy usage around the time those pelicans showed up. I love your image of flash mob finches! That is totally how they roll. Congratulations on the kingfisher close encounter—I find them similarly elusive, even though they are ever-present on that stretch of river.
Brilliant as always, Christopher. I love your use of the term "atemporal" in relation to white pelicans. I've searched in the past for such a term in my descriptions of pelicans, herons, and other large birds, and I'll be happy to borrow it from you as I write, or simply think, in the future. Of course, by implication, the term applies as well to house finches and other creatures, large and small; it's just that these really large fellas really grab your attention. I was thinking of you recently when a belted kingfisher granted me all the time I wanted to study him perched on the large dead tree leaning over the peninsula across from Secret Beach. I was looking for the limpkins that day but they were hiding, but overjoyed at what was, for me, a rare chance watch a kingfisher at length, as opposed to seeing one dart past and disappear. It wasn't that long ago that I myself first noticed house finches. They were doing flash mob stuff in the trees just a block from our house in East Travis Heights. I couldn't get a good look at them. Suddenly one appeared on the pavement just six feet in front of me, and those crazy bright red feathers seemed like neon. Well, I digress. I'm really looking forward to your new book.
Thanks, Jesse! I imported “atemporal” from post-cyberpunk science fiction, where it got heavy usage around the time those pelicans showed up. I love your image of flash mob finches! That is totally how they roll. Congratulations on the kingfisher close encounter—I find them similarly elusive, even though they are ever-present on that stretch of river.