Saturday, October 28, 2006

Recharging

It's as if nothing had ever happened; we had a good long walk, savored the sunshine and calm air, visited neighbors and chickens. Perfect day for everyone's endeavors. Grabbed a bite with some friends - first time I'd tasted ostrich, and although it had a nice gamey tang, I don't think I'll be clamoring for it.
Utterly impromptu migration later in the evening with more friends to a Halloween party; the hosts embraced the event with open arms, legs, and rib bones. Their haunted house scenarios were impressive, particularly the Clown Butcher's domaine. He is a chef in real life, and was merrily frying up what he said were fingers in a deep black cauldron, and though they did resemble severed digits, were some kind of egg roll or lumpia. We noticed the most terrifying decorative flourish of all as we left his abattoir: A large placard informing us of the growing national debt...

2 Comments:

Blogger Unknown said...

just in time for halloween, I have a small "contest" where there's no prize for winning, but all the fun is in th playing....what do you think would be the scariest halloween costume?

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10:36 AM  
Blogger isabelita said...

It's a Halloween rich with awful possibilities for costmes, isn't it? I recall when Nixon masks were all the rage...

11:35 AM  

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