>>http://www.dogwork.com/owfo8
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>I've not had much to do with owls but I once went out at night with an acquaintance that flies them.
>The spookiest thing is that, when they come back to the fist, you just do not sense their coming.
>No sound. No wind. Just, suddenly, the talons on the glove.....

I guess J.K. Rowling did not come by the metaphor of owls idly.

Although not a particular follower of the Harry Potter series -- my daughters have been -- I have always loved the inception story. She was young and broke with a child to tend to. She wrote the early parts of Harry Potter in a cafeteria with the pram at her knee. That she is now one of the wealthiest and most famous people in the world, beautiful.