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Minutiae

Today I found an insect; about a quarter of my pinkie nail, he was fluffy white like a bit of cotton, and looked like a tiny dog's or dragon's head, with a blunt snout at his head, two tiny black dots for "eyes", and two miniscule tufts for ears.
Later I found what I think was a moth of the richest chocolate and umber hues, stippled and waved, with light blue or grey dots on the undersides of his wings. I coaxed him from the driveway to my hand, where he paused for a few minutes while I walked him to the front yard to show someone (as always with these small charming miracles, no one heard me to see). He had a damaged wing, and when he left my hand he flew about the front door for a minute or so before landing on one of the entryway lights.  I wonder if he's still there.