An excerpt from Trilogy for a Monkey and a Manikin

Did you mention the other thing while you were talking about the stuff we'd gone over before you told me you knew the stuff wouldn't matter to her or any of the others with whom she might be acquainted who could be of assistance, possibly, in facilitating an understanding, either between you and her or, even better, me and you and her....

Is It Spring It Is

Goodness me, I was driving through Washington County and had forgotten to put the top down on the convertible I'd rented for such a purpose when I spied something tucked in behind a pear tree bordering the road and providing a resting place for passerines that might have seen enough of the cold NE winter and had taken flight to visit old roosts in Florida or maybe Alabama.