Four magpies, divided in to two pairs, are squabbling over property rights… …James views them with loathing and would have them, their unholy shrieking and their murderous, plundering ways gone for good. He badgers me endlessly to take him to the river, to find a trout, and so is agreeable about most other things. In turn I have looked at the sky, at the clock, at the untended garden, finding excuses.
Eventually we went to the Robe at Hollymount…
The Mayo News, 18/03/15. Read the full article ‘Marking out one’s territory‘.
