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Barred Owl Basin

Abby Brown

Dec 15, 20241 min read

Updated: Feb 2

Barred Owl Basin (2,274 words) published in A Coup of Owls.

Barred Owl Basin is a short story about speaking a place back to life. Enjoy! I did the pencil drawing soon after, or during, writing the story.

I wrote Barred Owl Basin, and then drew with coloring pencils the beginning of the story as a left panel and the end of the story on the right panel. This drawing was done in 2023. This short story is also looking for a publisher.

The left panel shows the tiny pond on the day the story begins. It is green sludge covered, with three tiny dried cattails. The tree at the top of the hill looks like a dead stump, with limbs and a hollowed out hole in the middle. There is a dead hollow log on its side with two small branches poking out. The ground is bare dirt. A mother and child sit on a colorful blanket with a book in front the mother and a tiny ragged teddy bear by the child. The sky is heat haze blue.

The right panel shows the end of the story. The sky is a brighter blue, with a cloud that looks like rain is coming. The pond is bright blue with four living cattails, a lillypad, and a frog or two. Bare ground has turned to newly grown green grass. Two yellow flowers nestle next to the blanket with the mother and child. The child has pushed her refurbished teddy bear to the side and is sitting up looking around. The dead log looks freshly moist with birds, butterflies, and bugs along the stump. A small mouse sits beside the hollow entrance to its home. The tree at the top of the hill also looks as if life is returning. Tiny new limbs stick out awaiting baby leaves. An owl has returned to sit on the tree.

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