Been rather busy this weekend- enjoyed some Russian Orthodox art at the Lauren Rogers Museum Friday, then went down to Mobile to a Third Day concert {very good}. Saturday I awoke late {having not got in until earlier that morning}, didn't do much, and ate catfish that evening and later enjoyed bluegrass {wonderful advantages of living in the South}. One observes in a catfish house why precisely Mississippi ranks as the most obese state in the South. But man, it's good eatin'- and folks down here enjoy some good eatin'. And I might add that there is nothing wrong with good eatin', whatever these Yankee stoics tell us- though let us remember all things in moderation...

My little allegorical {and so far only truly allegorical} story, The Lantern Bearer, can now be read at Chasing Hats.