Wednesday, August 16, 2023

GETTING AWAY FROM THE PESTS

The old lady started asking in a faint voice, almost inaudible, about Chinatown when the bus was still several blocks away. She hadn't been there in such a long time. So long, so long! And seeing as she was obviously Tongyan, all of us Cantonese speakers sought to reassure her. Only a block or two more, auntie, remain seated, you cannot miss it.
Half the bus was going to get off there.

It is possible that her eye-sight was not as accute as before.
That throws things out of whack for some people.

Lunch at the usual place. Late crowd, please sit in the lower level, we've fresh mopped the top. Often there are familiar faces there, regulars, but equally often not.

I would have come earlier, but I got sidetracked. Drew the Asian Yellow Legged Hornet.
It's been mentioned in the news as an invasive species in Georgia.
A very elegant little pest.
花跤仔 、黃跤胡蜂

Like the old lady, I too would be anxious to get to a Chinatown if I hadn't been there in a while. A place where I don't have to listen to endless discussion about ballgames or Trump, where there is plenty of good stuff to eat, plus sambal and milk tea, and familiar vegetables, condiments, confections. And comparetively fewer barbarians with eccentric hairstyles and highly individualist tattoos, or hippy dippy clothes that express their enlightened minds, amateurish and haphazard familiarity with soap, and their deep spirituality.

How did the Giants do the other day? I haven't the foggiest damn' clue, sorry, and please keep your transcendent earthmother oneness away from me.
As well as your rambunctious kids.
Thank you.


If I wanted pesky infestations around me, I know just where to go.
Georgia. Or Washington state, for its larger cousin.
大塗蜂、大虎頭蜂

They too are charming and delightful.
Like all wasps.


P.S.: Especially Ben Shapiro.



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