Posts made in December, 2020

Some Haiku

Posted by Theodore Maestranzi on Dec 30, 2020 in Haiku | 0 comments

On meeting new people (December 30, 2020)

a guided forest walk
new and Beautiful flowers
don't pick a bouquet

I’m Going Nutty

Posted by Theodore Maestranzi on Dec 9, 2020 in Blog Posts | 0 comments

“What if squirrels are just dragons without wings.” I was asked this by a grown adult; I haven’t been able to ignore it since that day. Whenever I see a squirrel I have to watch them just in case they spray a molten blast of fire. Now, I don’t actually watch them for that reason, but I do watch them… a lot. I know their hiding places. I can identify them by appearance. I know their family’s hereditary traits (bleach white tails that eventually turn gray which is unique to family that has their nest above my garage).

My bedroom is the basement, and where a normal person would have put their bedroom, I have placed my office (I am asleep, why would a sleeping person care about the view). My office looks out on my backyard. From my vantage point I can see wildlife, my garden, and depending on the season, wonderful old trees or a parking lot. But the thing that I really care about year round is the squirrels. The birds are pretty dope too but the tiny dragons have stolen my heart with their backwards claws, flicky tails, and scurrying through the treetops.

I’ve imagined them fighting the birds for supremacy of the yard. Sparkles, my lovely cat, begs me to let her out so she can “play” with them, but we don’t need the final boss to show up in this RPG. In general, my imagination runs wild as I sit on a call and the squirrels come to visit. It’s gotten to the point where I know different squirrels and their story (or the story I applied to them). [Click “Read More” to navigate these nuts]