the short version of the story

carol (left) & me (right)

my twin sister and i are
country mouse
and city mouse
she can walk to and from a
grocery store
faster than i can drive to one
i have dirt roads
forest
mountains
spring water
deer
she has
museums
coffee shops
high schools that offer mandarin chinese
target
sidewalks
she visited this week
and stayed with mom and dad
i was up early tuesday morning
and found a frantic email from her
a portion:
...at least two humans came
close enough to mom and dads to
trip the motion sensor light.
They made bad imitation animal calls to
each other....
what? why didn't she call someone????
i was there before 8:00
she had recorded the
robbers or teenagers
on her phone and played
the sounds for me...
owls
she heard owls
i.love.this.woman.

the thursday-friday links:

emily at in the hush of the moon for imperfect prose

casey at the wiegand's

beki at the rusted chain for fingerprint friday

michelle for caffeinated randomness

studio jru for sneak peek friday