Wednesday, January 11, 2012


A phoenix is a mythical bird with a colorful plumage and a tail of gold and scarlet (or purple, blue, and green according to some legends). It has a 500 to 1000 year life-cycle, near the end of which it builds itself a nest of twigs that then ignites; both nest and bird burn fiercely and are reduced to ashes, from which a new, young phoenix or phoenix egg arises, reborn anew to live again. It is said that the bird's cry is that of a beautiful song. The new phoenix is destined to live as long as its old self. 


I can only speculate that there was devine inspiration in my desire to name him Phoenix.



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