the learnéd english dog

September 20, 2002

Sign at the local Starbucks: "BRRR! It's only 95 degrees! Slip on your mittens and try some apple cider!" I thought it was cute.

Started reading Mason & Dixon there. I wasn't sure how it would work out, but there's already a talking dog on page 20, so I have high hopes.

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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.