Author Archives: Theodora Goss

Announcement by Theodora Goss Despite the fact that it has officially been abolished, the entire department subject to budget cuts designed to eliminate wasteful spending, such as on wild cherry trees, spring is coming again any day now, its branches … Continue reading →

How It Went (Diving) by Theodora Goss I went into surgery for what they thought might be cancer the same way I dove into deep water from the high dive, holding my breath, thinking the only way up to the … Continue reading →

The Discontented Princess by Theodora Goss Once, there was a princess who was never content. First, she wanted the moon. Her father the king gave her a silver pendant shaped like the moon on a silver chain. When she wanted … Continue reading →

The Eastern Screech-Owl (Megascops asio) by Theodora Goss The Eastern screech-owl has a varied diet. In the wild, it may consume insects such as cicadas and crickets, small mammals (mostly voles and field mice), song birds, including sparrows and chickadees, … Continue reading →

As Twilight Came to the Park by Theodora Goss There was a moment, as twilight came to the park, when suddenly the lights turned on, and the birds began to chatter and clatter as they do just before dawn, an … Continue reading →

The Language of Birds by Theodora Goss Once upon a time, you knew the language of birds. Don’t you remember? They spoke to you in the morning and in the evening, and you could respond in their own language — … Continue reading →

In Praise of Complexity by Theodora Goss The eye delights in these: the corbels under the edge of the roof of the Nemzeti Múzeum, which look like furled bits of foliage, perhaps acanthus leaves curled in on themselves, and then … Continue reading →