Some people adopt cats, dogs, even snakes or ferrets. I adopt a butterfly.
It begins late afternoon, a gorgeous Indian Summer day in Norman, Oklahoma. The sun gets in my eyes. As I turn to step down heavily from the curb, I glimpse a disconcerting splotch of color: a living Monarch butterfly, wings slowly flexing, sitting upon [...]
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Soul of a Monarch
Some people adopt cats, dogs, even snakes or ferrets. I adopt a butterfly.
It begins late afternoon, a gorgeous Indian Summer day in Norman, Oklahoma. The sun gets in my eyes. As I turn to step down heavily from the curb, I glimpse a disconcerting splotch of color: a living Monarch butterfly, wings slowly flexing, sitting upon [...]
