Friday's Feast!

Appetizer: How many times per day do you usually laugh?

I solemnly vow to laugh at three impossible things each day before breakfast. We are all responsible for our own attitudes; and no one will make us happy like we, ourselves, can. As a Christian, I follow the Buddhist belief that Jesus was called "the laughing prophet" -- can't you just hear him peal with laughter when the apostles forbid the children to come to him?

Soup: What do your sunglasses look like?

Like John Lennon's. My alternate pair are a pair of Wayfarers like the Blues Brothers wore. Hard to go wrong with the classics.

Salad: You win a free trip to anywhere on your continent, but you have to travel by train. Where do you go?

Past the Grand Canyon; the Utah badlands; the painted deserts. Alternates would be the Black hulls of South Dakota or the Trans-Canadian railway. Gimmme them wide-open spaces.

Main Course: Name one thing you consider a great quality about living in your town/city.

The history. The Fiesta celebrating the Battle of San Jacinto for Texas independence in 1826. The 600-year-old Missions dotting the South Side. The Alamo itself. The World's Fair grounds. The multiple military bases (my own father trained at Lackland AFB, and I went to training at Fort Sam Houston.) It's overwhelming sometimes, this city called San Antonio.

Dessert: If the sky could be another color, what color do you think would look best?

Pink, oddly enough. The delicate pinks of an early spring morning are wonderful, dotted with wispy tufts of clouds.

But then again, there's a lot to be said for Chartreuse.

~~JD~~