Status Updates From H is for Hawk

“… I can’t because she is not human. Of all the lessons I’ve learned in my months with Mabel, this is the greatest of all. There is a world of things out there, rocks and trees and stones and grass and all the things that crawl and run and fly. They are all things in themselves. But we make them sensible to us, by giving them meaning that sure up our views of the world.”

“… I begin to wonder if home can be anywhere, just like the wild can be in the suburban backlots.”

“…loss of control. You pour your heart, skill, very soul into a thing…hawk…then relinquish control over it. That is the hook. Once the dice rolls…you open yourself to luck. You cannot control the outcome yet…you might be lucky. The cards might fall perfectly…that little space…is a strange place to be. You feel safe because you’re entirely at the world‘s mercy. That is why we are…powerless…”