CJ's World

I’ve been truly surprised to hear from several readers awaiting more of my missives on life as I experience it.

Here’s the best excuse I can come up with — In case you haven’t heard, we here in the southwest are trapped by a Heat Dome, reminiscent of the TV series Under the Dome (CBS, 2013), a series I loved and am rewatching (a massive transparent indestructible dome suddenly cuts off small town residents from the rest of the world, making for an interesting sociological study on humanity facing survival).

Stepping off the plane from my brief northern respite, I almost collapsed, as the small airport here is all outside ramping. Today I find out even the Botanical Gardens cacti aren’t surviving. I am contemplating the generous offer from my northern relatives to spend more time up there next year.

I do have some pretty entertaining vignettes I’ve collected to share with you when I emerge from hibernation mode. For now, I leave you with —

I have expunged my experimental trial flirting with foregoing deodorant (after I heard about all the horrible detrimental effects on the human body), for which the shoppers in the freezer section are most grateful. We all hang out there, mobbing the frozen treats aisle.