i was sitting with my brother on a concrete sea wall somewhere looking out over the ocean - sitting relaxed in the cool autumn sunlight, my arms around my knees and my hands clasped together gazing towards the horizon - and a bird flew in from the ocean, an adolescent hunting bird like an eagle, perhaps it was an osprey. it was a large dark bird with a strong beak and talons and very intense eyes, and it flew straight in from the ocean towards me and landed on my clasped hands as if i was its father....