"I recaptured that passion.
Like the actor playing the same role night after night, creating the illusion "as if for the first time," I recaptured the sense of freedom I'd had in writing my first book, that feeling of wonder, abandon, faith and -- yes -- innocence.
I nodded my head in solidarity and said, "Wow, it's hard not to think of a black cat, huh?" Later that day, Stevie and I recaptured the magic we'd just experienced.
"I recaptured the courage I had once traded for diplomas from elite institutions and rejected the notion that only the financially privileged can work on behalf of the poor.
I remember how effortlessly things flowed three decades ago, and I wonder if I can recapture or rekindle that innocent trust in these less innocent times.
I can recapture part of what I once felt, but the intensity is gone, and so is my conviction.
Among species with more than one individual banded during Pre-Iris, the following occurred: The highest Post-I recapture level of birds banded during Pre-Iris was 83% (Thamnophilus doliatus), and none of the ten species with the highest levels were open-habitat species (Table S1).
Maybe I had this idea that, by coming back, I could recapture my youth.
"In analysis, yes, I did recapture a lot about my father," she said.
And within my 18th century, I could recapture George Washington, whose ghost had once loomed over me and my Bronx childhood.
