This is why I love Patricia A. McKillip

[checkers65477]

"It was a beautiful place we came to," he said, skipping over the endless roads.  "Nothing like the true Delta.  Nothing.  It was like the days in spring when you find everything has flowered and nothing has begun to die, so it seems that's the way the world must go on:  always just breaking into blossom, and the air full of soft, sweet smells, and

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[crowinator]

That's a wonderful passage. Must be nice to be where you are. Here it's 50 degrees and raining, and it's not supposed to get better for several days. Le sigh. (c:

[checkers65477]

If it makes you feel any better, it's supposed to be 97 tomorrow and brutally hot for several days. Things will start turning brown any time.

[peggy_2]

And the image of the cygnets flying at Meguet's shoulders and wrists ... I love Patricia McKillip's writing, especially the earlier stories :-)

&hearts

[checkers65477]

I haven't gotten to that part yet but it sounds lovely, too.