The beetle has not returned since yesterday. A friend of mine emailed to say it was a cricket. He is wrong. He’s too crazy looking (the beetle, not my friend). I actually saw some sort of grasshopper downtown a few weeks ago and was taken aback. One, because it was in the CBD; two, because he was big; three, I didn’t know arthropods were big Christian Lit readers. This guy was repeatedly jumping against the window of a Christian bookstore.
Also, my six-legged friend out on the terrace is not a cricket; crickets are more oblong and only their back legs arch. this guy has broad shoulders, a distinctively separate head, and crazy legs. If you look at the scientific classification of both beetles and crickets, they diverge after Class. I was never very good at science of any kind, so let’s hear something from someone with at least a high-passing grade in high school biology. I’m sure he’s some sort of long-horned beetle. He was back yesterday but I don’t see him this morning.
Also, I’ve added some photos from the Robert Randolph show. Check out the Easter Bunny playing guitar, and a (slightly edited) pic of our costumes. Yesterday’s post has a Yankees poll, and we still don’t have a car. However, I went back to Elm Fork with my Yankees-fan neighbor and I managed to put up a 22 on the skeet range. Still not above the 23 average I’d like, but it’s improvement. We’re going back with his wife’s sister and brother-in-law next week, so I’ll be sure to put up a 24.
This post will seem bland without an image, so here’s another shot of our lush hanging garden in the ruddy, waning light of an autumnal sunset.
The sun setting over a verdant Dallas copse
Tags: It's the Arts, Pinstripes, Shit v. Shinola, update
