Miata Mailing List: May 1996, Message #78
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   From: "G.S.  Johnson" 
Subject: Re: New Owner!!!!
   Date: Thu, 2 May 1996 05:07:37 -0400

>a winding road lined with trees in southern Indiana.  
>I was taking a nice, quick curve, was something out of the corner of my 
>eye, yelled, ducked, sat back upright, and then looked above me -- I had 
>been swooped by a HAWK!

There must be something Zennish about tree-lined roads in Southern 
Indiana. And birds.

I was coasting out of a little Southern Indiana neighborhood onto one of 
them there winding Southern Indiana roads in my silver '92 when, out of 
bushes on either side of the street, a huge flock of brilliant yellow 
goldfinches lept into view. Suddenly they were everywhere, maybe 50 of 
them, pacing the car. The tiny birds were in front of and behind the car, 
hovering over the passenger's seat, even one up under the rear-view 
mirror over the dashboard for a fleeting second. They flew along in a 
swirling cloud of golden glitter for however long it takes a jaw to drop, 
then disappeared as quickly as they'd arrived.

I figure it was a case of one fleet, graceful, streamlined creature 
paying homage to another.