Published February 16, 2018 at 427 × 640 in From the Desk of…Elizabeth Sullivan
Elizabeth holding a jar of feathers.

These feathers that I keep on my desk are from an African Penguin I met once. After giving him a few gentle pets on his back, he clamped his beak and teeth (yes, teeth!) onto my right thigh. To this day, I have a scar and these feathers as a memento.