My New Best Friend
Yesterday we got the great news that the Ivory Billed Woodpecker, declared officially extinct three years, has risen like a Phoenix from the clear-cut ashes and has been seen. I enjoyed telling my baby brother the big news and it made the whole day seem cheerier and all around more betterer. (Pretty daring for an iffy speller anyway.)
So, I emailed all my friends. No one replied. I called everyone I could think of whom would be remotely interested. I stopped my neighbor to the N, Sue, who said, "I thought of you when I heard the news!" So she is on my good side. I told strangers in the street. Really. I got some funny looks of people who didn't quite know how to respond.
Finally I called, my new best friend, whom I'll call Sylvia. I said, "Do you know why I am happy?" And she said, enthusiastically, "YES!" And she was, while I was talking to her, looking up pictures of the goofy looking bird.
This is really worth a look. Go to http://birds.cornell.edu/ivory/# and view the first short video called Press Release. You get to hear the amazing call and see new and old footage of the bird. Oh, go on, I know you want to.
So, I emailed all my friends. No one replied. I called everyone I could think of whom would be remotely interested. I stopped my neighbor to the N, Sue, who said, "I thought of you when I heard the news!" So she is on my good side. I told strangers in the street. Really. I got some funny looks of people who didn't quite know how to respond.
Finally I called, my new best friend, whom I'll call Sylvia. I said, "Do you know why I am happy?" And she said, enthusiastically, "YES!" And she was, while I was talking to her, looking up pictures of the goofy looking bird.
This is really worth a look. Go to http://birds.cornell.edu/ivory/# and view the first short video called Press Release. You get to hear the amazing call and see new and old footage of the bird. Oh, go on, I know you want to.
posted by SA at 9:04 AM
1 Comments:
You were the first one to tell me. And I better have been the first you told. The sad thing was I couldn't think of anyone to tell which didn't stop me. People said things like, "Oh." I had to call people thousands of miles away to get the appropriate response.
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