Chain (Letter) Reaction

    "Every chain has a link.  Every link is a life.  Break the chain-lose a life.  Send this to 5 people or death will come for you. You have 24 hours."

     The first time I remember getting a chain letter was in Ms. Woods' 7th Grade homeroom. Wow.  Death threats are pretty heavy crap to be loading on a twelve year old.

     ...and it came from a 'friend'.

Viva San Miguel de Allende!

     San Miguel de Allende is a feast for the senses.

     It's the sound of horse's hooves clopping over cobblestone streets.

     It's the celebrants of Mexico's Independence from Spain cheering the entry of the insurgents into the Jardin. 

     It's someone shouting:  "Viva Mexico!"  And a crowd responding with "Viva!" 

     And a band (because there often seems to be a band) playing La Bikina and everyone singing along.  It's firework blasts *Pop Pop Pop* as the church bells dependably chime the time. 

A List is Just a List

     I use lists for two reasons.  I'll go ahead and make a list of my reasons:

         1-  To make myself sane.

         2-  To make myself go crazy.

Along Came A Spider: The Ambiguities of Murder in the Insect World

I guess he'd been hanging out in our kitchen for a while.  When I reached for a glass I saw the tiny spider spinning down from the ceiling on his gossamer thread.   The movement of the cabinet door set him moving to and fro unpleasantly close to my face.

         "You're cute, but you can't live here.  This kitchen is a No-Spiders Zone."   I thought I should explain our policies before ousting the intruder.