Not having heard of MDRussell I have just googled her...interesting...but not
Swallow. Sparrow, however.
Goodness, Mainland cheese. I buy it constantly in Melbourne because it's a NZ
export and my little native country needs help.
I hope you send goodies up to your kind American mates, Andrew.
(And thanks for the response to my chainsaw lines.)
Max in Melbourne
Quoting andrew burke <[log in to unmask]>:
> _Rapunzel, Rapunzel,
> Let down your plastic bucket …_
>
> Next door,
> Three floors up
> And kind-hearted,
> My American mates
> Have devised a pulley system:
> They feed a tough string line
> Out their balcony window
> And lower a bucket.
> Last night it was
> 'Swallow' by Mary Doria Russell;
> The night before
> Two candles and lighters,
> A torch because
> The power had gone out;
> The night before the night before
> A block of Mainland cheese,
> Gold in these parts.
> No need for electrickery:
> Just drop down
> And haul up.
>
> Necessity gives birth again.
>
>
>
> --
> Andrew
> http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
> http://www.bam.com.au/andrew
>
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