Niamh clune's Blog – July 2011 Archive (2)

At the heart of the story is recently orphaned, eleven year old, Skyla McFee. She awakens to the hauntingly beautiful, inner world of the imagination and gains wisdom far beyond her years. Though bullied, she is not defeated; though locked in a cold, dark cellar, she retreats to an inner room where the hearth-fire's glow engulfs her in ineffable light and guides her to…

A week or so ago, I found a baby robin that had fallen from its nest. It hadn't yet grown all its feathers, so was far from ready to fly and fulfill its bird purpose. Its mother perched on a nearby fence. She called constantly to her baby. I was worried both for the baby bird and for its mother. The cat might find the tiny bird in its vulnerable position on the ground lodged between two stones. It could not move forwards or backwards. It could not defend itself. I picked it up. At first, it…