The Magpie’s Room

Photo by bennett tobias on Unsplash

J loved those birds. That should not come as a surprise to anyone who knew her. A month back, she ran out of the bedroom holding her cell phone like a trophy and whispering, “Look at this!!”. Even before I saw it, I knew it was something to do with an animal or a bird. The photo, though, puzzled me. A tuft of dried jasmine flowers and twigs sat atop one of our spotless light fixtures. “What am I looking at, J?” “You don’t recognize a bird’s nest?” she…