Tricks

First rain of the fall. So long summer, we hardly knew you. It was an odd weather pattern, not the usual debilitating heat, playing tricks on my tomato crop. A flat season most def. The Julietts didn't

spawn prolifically; the black Cherokee snubbed it's crop at the fog and one of the early Girl's up and died. Bring on the pumpkins.

1. Obi-Wan addressing the Imperial Republican House: "This is not the Bill (Obecare) you want. It has already passed. Move along now. Back to your sandbox."

2. The Pope might need a Jedi mind trick too. He may sound like he's backing off abortion and gays.  But, he's not. It's all feeble talk. Let's see the walk.

3. Meandering through the cemetery, there isn't a better place to conjure up the lives of others by their headstones. Or the lay of the land through it's dichotomy. The Asians, Jews, hoi polli, and soldiers, populate the bottom tier, the ground floor. Rising above in varying levels, the crypts of the wealthy, layered and insulated from the dust below. Flowers, offerings of food and incense, balloons and totems of rocks dot the graves. Markers on top of markers. The best? I have walked, jogged, past a large pinkish headstone at least 100 times, and it never fails to disappoint; someone, friend or family, always leaves a consumed 5th of whiskey or an empty pint bottle tilted carefully against the memorial. Sometimes it has flowers in it, more often then not it is just the bottle nestled there among the blades of grass. Never fails to make me smile.

4. When you're not sunk into the couch watching the NFL, stream Borgen, or Spiral. Two worthy series from the Euros. One is Danish, the other French. These are good riveting productions.