Silvio and the window

Cambridge, MA (May 1, 2005)

Silvio likes to fly out of his cage. In fact, I believe he thinks that the whole house is a big giant aviary where he can go wherever he want. When his “mom” let him out, that is... which is pretty often, though. He is a lucky bird.

Sometimes, though... the world outside the window...

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I have been watching the news. I would like to say something for all the people that have been hit by the tragedy that is happening in the South. But the disaster is so terrible that there are no words that can possibly be said. We take so many things for granted, that we forget how our life is so fragile, and how we are so small compared to forces that are so out of our control.