Zugunruhe

This quote from THE FIERY CROSS has been on my mind in recent days: “Zugunruhe,” [Jamie] said softly, tracing with a fingertip the damp mark he had left on my skin. “What’s that?” “It’s what Sterne called it--the wakefulness of the wee birds, getting ready to leave on their long flight.” “Does it mean something in particular?” “Aye. ‘Ruhe’ is stillness, rest. And ‘zug’ is a journey of some sort.…