CERDO

Imagine a whole aisle of these. And another of beef. Unrefrigerated. Then there are the smaller carcasses--goat, rabbit, etc. I have to fight waves of nausea every time I go to market. I hope to harden up soon. We bought chorizo for tonight. The sausages look positively beautiful in comparison to these bodies. Even though they are made out of parts of them that I don't want to think about. Fish on a future post.

We took a cab today to one of the two local Home Depots, both located, like others of their ilk, on the outskirts of town. There was a little confusion with the cab driver as el sr. J. and I tried to use Spanish pronunciation: omay daypote. Didn't work--it's just like in English. So is Sears, Costco, Wal-Mart, Office Depot, and Sam's Club. We were looking at refrigerators. Haven't decided on one yet. But it's likely we will buy one from a merchant who hasn't abandoned the downtown area. We're still trying to fight the good fight against Wal-Martization, but it's hard. Fortunately for us and our ideological purity, prices in the downtown stores are competitive.

Daylight saving time ends here tomorrow early a.m. Just one of the ways we here are ahead of the U.S.