" ... he is subtext, something present but unseen."
So says John Lewis-Stempel of the owl, subject of this charming little book of owlish facts, history, and observations.
Did you know that there have been owls in Britain for a million years? That Florence Nightingale had a pet owl, Athena, now embalmed and in residence in her museum (where you can buy a finger puppet)? That the presence of owls is "a benediction on the land" for what it says about the health of the ecosystem? That the collective noun for owls - other than 'parliament' - is a 'stare'? There's more to the "sage in feathers" than meets the eye.
The suitably strigine wool, by the way, is 'Owl' by Uschitita, found at Be Inspired Fibres.
