my friends from outer space

Eudora Welty (1909-2001).

Within the space of 12 hours this CNN headline has changed from "Ex-Beatle Harrison 'philosophical' about cancer" to "Ex-Beatle accepts he will die soon" to "Ex-Beatle strongly denies near-death report."

prone

It's too hot to move, these days.

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The Warm South

Exists.

What goes on

Texts and images copyright (C) 2022 Pauline Kerschen. Layout adapted from the Single A Tumblr theme by businessbullpen. The Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) has zygodactylic feet, leaving X-shaped tracks with ambiguous direction. The Pueblo and Hopi used the X symbol to mislead evil spirits. Border folklore in the early twentieth century held that a roadrunner would lead a lost traveler back to his path. In Mexico the roadrunner is known as paisano, countryman.