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Is It Dark?

moon, palms, cement wall : Mexico

Was that Just Death?

Bring out your dead. Last evening, just as Human and I went out for our customary walk, I felt an uneasiness come over me. And I could not associate it with anything happening in me, or in my life. Usually I can attribute my anxieties to something , but this? I mean it, was no destruction of  Alderaan, but... it was sudden and there and the best I could do was ignore it. Fast forward to early afternoon. I come out of the shower to be informed that a dead body was found in the lot next to our house! One of the local drunks slipped into the deepest of all stupors and his body had been discovered by fellow bums passing through. They had the folks working in the storefront call it in. Hair still dripping, I made a dash for my camera... While peering out door at the 'investigators' go about their work, I posited that maybe this was cause of the dread from the night before. I felt Death come for this poor man. Maybe. And I ask it, I ask for the billionth time: What is thi

Gemini Jeeziz - IT'S CAKE TIME!

  muñeco numero uno It is another Holiday in Mexico! Yay! This gave me the perfect excuse to take a bit of work break and make my version of hot chocolate for Three Kings Day. It turned out ok, so-so. Good enough. I needed to spend more time with it at the stove. I have not tried to bake one of these fruity ring cakes roscas though- I'm sure my effort would be somehow sacrilegious (or some such) and no one would eat it; especially if I made it vegan; or worst still - raw. *gasp.faint* Human and I picked out rosca last night from a pricier place, hoping quality would show for the price. We were not disappointed! My stomach will get over the insult. I have lit incense to not offend any noses- even my own. SHEESH! Oh, yes, let me take a moment to re-enlighten the masses: Christians are still in the Christmas season- it is a whole  season  not just one day or so. And because I am sure all the Capitalism of the world has made you forget, I will remind you that this blessed se