Mary wasn’t able to walk with the WWTs on Wednesday because she and Lewis went to a breakfast club meeting where the speaker, former Bexar County District Attorney Sam Millsap, spoke about exonerated death row inmates he had met.
I heard my master and mistress talking about it afterward and learned that the speaker’s point was that death penalty prosecution is like air traffic control: there can be no margin for error. With humans there is always room for error. Hence he, like many others, has come to oppose the death penalty not on moral grounds but because mistakes can (and have been) made.
So instead of a fun walk with the WWTs on Wednesday I was subjected to a discussion of that heavy subject. To make matters worse, I had to go to the vet’s the next day for my shots. Thankfully Dr. John Kothmann is so skillful with the needle that I didn’t really feel a thing. Thus I’m pleased that he and his wife are coming over to our house for dinner soon. Dr. Kothmann is known for making a mean margarita, and he has agreed to fix some that night. I doubt they will offer me any despite the fact that the Chihuahua breed originated in Mexico, home of the margarita. Humans can be sooooo clueless.
Today one of the WWTs brought something over that made my mistress very happy. Lyn Belisle, who is an artist specializing in collages, has started making kindle covers. She created one for Mary using images my mistress caught on camera during a trip to Ethiopia in January. She combined fragments of them for a fascinating tapestry-like effect. Lyn has a website where people can see her designs. She also does custom jobs, like the one for Mary. The address is: http://www.etsy.com/shop/belisledesigns. The San Antonio Express-News interviewed Lyn this week about her designs. The feature hasn’t come out yet, so remember this: you read it here first.
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