tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1180477751006367471.post8560218770548748526..comments2024-03-11T09:40:13.791-05:00Comments on A NightBlooming Garden: One Tiny SparrowNightBloominghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05921651993615101472noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1180477751006367471.post-69765969181858296802011-02-04T07:14:29.164-06:002011-02-04T07:14:29.164-06:00Aw, that made me sniffle :(Aw, that made me sniffle :(Lady Igorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06451836583153403025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1180477751006367471.post-12587816710922948902011-02-03T19:21:04.284-06:002011-02-03T19:21:04.284-06:00I love your treasuries! They inspired me to make o...I love your treasuries! They inspired me to make one of my own, and it was a lot of fun. :)Gemmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05409221235402396548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1180477751006367471.post-61344081528544370482011-02-03T12:12:46.852-06:002011-02-03T12:12:46.852-06:00This reminds me of the poem by D.H. Lawrence, &quo...This reminds me of the poem by D.H. Lawrence, "Self pity".<br />"I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself.<br />A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough<br />without ever having felt sorry for itself"<br />I would have shed a little tear though :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1180477751006367471.post-79812723532394146272011-02-03T11:45:20.438-06:002011-02-03T11:45:20.438-06:00Thank you :) It felt like the very least I could ...Thank you :) It felt like the very least I could do for the poor little guy.<br /><br />I've heard swallows as well, but I know in some Islamic traditions it's sparrows (as well as other birds, since all dead souls remain in the form of birds).<br /><br />So perhaps our sparrow was carried off by a swallow.NightBloominghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05921651993615101472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1180477751006367471.post-78965222694495205712011-02-03T11:39:24.907-06:002011-02-03T11:39:24.907-06:00That is very thoughtful of you to cover the the li...That is very thoughtful of you to cover the the little body with snow. It can rest now until spring in a soft white blanket :-)<br /><br />BTW, I only heard of the swallow who carries the soul to the afterlife, not the sparrow. Could you tell me which mythologies have the sparrow as the soul bearer?sommernachtstraumhttp://briefeausprovidence.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com