Thelonious Magpie

Contents

I. ANGELS 1 CONCERNING ANGELS 1 THE ANGEL OF HISTORY 2 DEATH IN THE AFTERNOON 3 II. CHILDREN 5 MY FAVOURITE FAIRY 5 THE HORROR 6 NEONATAL UNIT 8 N WEN U GET UR KIDS TOOK AWAY 9 BABY 10 THE GEOMETRY OF HAPPY CHILDREN 11 MY LITTLE SISTER 13 EPITAPH 14 III. PEOPLE 15 LIFE AND DEATH 15 THE MORNING AFTER THE NIGHT BEFORE 17 THERAPY 18 THE HEART DOCTOR 19 THE BEAUTY SECRETS OF THE EMPRESS CIXI 20 THE LADY IS A TRAMP 21 THE YEAR OF LIVING (DANGEROUSLY) 23 IV. LOVE 24 LIBER AMORIS 24 A HOLIDAY FROM TIME 25 DOING IT 26 THE MARRIED STATE 28 THE SINGLE STATE 30 ABOUT MEN 31 THE CORRECT ANSWER 32 POOR MR. DARCY 33 LOVE SPELLS 34 LOVE DOLL 36 THE ELECTRONIC CONFESSION 37 V. ANIMALS 38 LOVE'S BOWER 38 RANDOM MAGPIE 39 WHY CATS? 40 FOXES IN GARDEN 42 CARE AND FEEDING OF YOUR REINDEER 43 LINES OF BEAUTY 44 I. TRAVEL 45 VOICES IN THE WILDERNESS 45 SAILING THE SOUTHERN OCEAN 46 THE FLOATING WORLD 47 APOLLO 11 - THE JOURNEY OUT 49 APOLLO 11 - THE MISSION 53 VII. THINGS 55 THE ARCHITECT'S DREAM 55 COMING OF AGE 56 ULTIMATE TEA PARTY 57 ENCHANTED DOLL 58 SURPRISE! 59 FOOLS 60 GERMAN UNDERSHIRTS 61 OH THE COSTUMES 63 VIII. MUSIC 64 ON INVENTION 64 A NIGHT AT THE OPERA 65 GUITAR PRACTICE 66 IX.. SOCIETY 67 THE PINNACLE 67 EMOTICONS 69 THE CLAN 70 CURRENT INTEREST IN THE CRUCIFIXION 71 HOSTAGE ETIQUETTE 72 THE LAST DAYS OF VERSAILLES 73 NOVEMBER 22, 1963 75 THE NEW WASTELAND 76 WHAT SHALL REMAIN 79 X. WAR 80 FLOWER BATTLE 80 I KILLED BIN LADEN 82 WINIFRED'S WAR 85 LITTLE SPARROWS 86 XI. PEACE 87 SALVE FESTA DIES 87 THE LEGACY 89 OUT OF THE SKY 90 THE BLUE MARBLE 91