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Doing some typography for Pride month!

Big shoutout to @mini-e for the awesome quote idea!

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“Oh, trust me, I know all about that. My father is the same way. Between him and me, I’m surprised my mother didn’t run away in the night.” Richie laughed, and Eddie had to chuckle a little, too. He guessed that Richie had to inherent his ability to talk that much from somewhere. “So your ma is alive and kicking, huh? How’s that? It’s nice of her to check up on you.”

Alive and kicking seemed generous. “She does alright for herself,” he replied, “My father, um, he died when I was just a kid, so she did all she could for me. She worries sometimes, though.” It was a very sanitized account of things, but again, it was one in the goddamn morning, and Richie didn’t ask for Eddie to go in deep about his childhood and what his mother was really like. It was small talk. “Your parents are still around, too?”

“Yup, believe it or not. Dad actually went away when I was a kid, too, for the first World War. He’s a dentist. Could you believe they needed those? Doctors I understand, but dentists?”

“Toothaches can be very distracting.”

“I guess you’re right. But I get what you’re saying. Mom did her best. I think she kind of…didn’t know what to do with me. Tried to get me to play ball, and I was just awful, but I was too high energy and if I stuck around the house all day I’d drive her crazy, so she just kind of let me wander for awhile there. Not like I was a wayward child! I came home every night, had a bed to sleep in and plenty of food. But I was…I was a wild child. She wasn’t surprised when I dropped out of college and went to LA.”

Eddie smiled into the receiver, finding the tension in his shoulders beginning to melt away.

Wess is a tiny Grasshopper Sparrow, probably the most endangered bird in the United States, and he is on one critical mission: to find his song! This early reader book will have children giggling at the silly bird calls and learning about a small patch of Florida grasslands. Come join Wess as he sings his heart out!