Hunda made a friend at the AKC trial.  Here is a picture of Hunda and Blaze.

Killing Bees at 5 MPH

By: ffluffy

Dedicated to: the weird lady with no electricity who lives in Kerm’s complex

“She said I can be a frog

I can be a bat

I can be a bear

Or I can be a cat”

From ‘I Can Be a Frog’ by The Flaming Lips

“Someone should have called adult protective services,” Y said.

“Or the cops.”

The newspaper headline had been vague but couldn’t hide the fact that a 60 year old woman had died alone in a condo with no working utilities.

“When I was a kid something like this wouldn’t have happened.  I remember borrowing a cup of sugar from the neighbors, and repaying it with half a dozen cookies,” Y said to H.

“Yeah, and remember May Day?  I loved leaving gifts of flowers and ringing the doorbell and running.  We had escape routes all over the neighborhood.”

“I feel bad for that lady, she must have been cold and alone.  And crazy,” Y moved to pluck a leaf from the bamboo plant.

“I was stuck in an elevator with a lady like that,” their neighbor said.

“When I try to imagine what it was like for her all I can see is the mesquite tree in the corner of the yard that I used to climb.  When I lay in the crook of the trunk I could see through the branches to the sky and leaves fell into my hair.  Clouds puffed past until the back of my neck hurt from bark that poked through my shirt.”  Y watched H break split ends from her hair.

The neighbor moved to join a conversation on the other side of the club house where a couple sat crunching peanuts.

“We were hoping someone else would deal with it,” he said.

“The inside of me felt one way but the outside of me did something completely different,” she said.

“Well I had tea with her once.  The china was a swirly Wedgewood pattern and I felt bad because my lipstick smudged the cup,” the neighbor tried to make eye contact but the couple was focused on the peanut shells.

“Did you hear about the swarm of bees?” she said.

“I did, the swarm was buzzing in the alley.  Bees tumbled from the air to the ground and bounced back up.  I saw Y drive over them in her car,” he said.

“Can I drive over them?”  the neighbor asked.

“Sure, just make sure you go the speed limit,” he said.