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Sad Garden. aka En un berenjenal*. Questing for Bumba knows what, she’s wandered into the saddest, spikiest garden in the ‘hood. Nothing but fretworks and tall grasses, and only two small miasmas for company. The spiny weeds already have started infiltrating her savage breast. I have dispatched the tiny Savant Onions to offer some help and guidance or, failing that, some superlatively silly jokes to cheer her up and counteract the oppressive effect of the thorny weeds. We wish her the best of luck. Who knows, perhaps the small miasmas are friendly, too, and willing to guide her out of that wilderness she’s got herself into. Avanti popolo! Spanish lesson for the weekend. *Meterse en un berenjenal, Sp. Colloquial. To get one self into a pickle. To bite more that one can chew. The quotation in the pic is from an old Soleá de la Serneta, sung by La Niña de los Peines. In the same song she also sang: Fui piedra y perdi mi centro y me arrojaron al mar y a fuerza de mucho tiempo mi centro vine a encontrar. There. Have two links to that masterpiece of cante viejo: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oluYY5aXwiM www.youtube.com/watch?v=Co4n4O6kbGg Por mucho pan nunca mal año, as we always say in my neck of the woods (or spiny gardens, regardless). Have a sponditious weekend.

Perhaps I ought to dedicate this to the memory of Amada Lear. But perhaps I won't. The Uppity Ante's name is Mary Lou. May her tribe live long and prosper and give all the pretentious prats in the universe what for! The little fellow with the rope around his neck is Freddy, the hardy perennial survivor of several attempted lynchings by various autocratic factions. He wears the rope as a sign of defiance. He is one of my representatives of all the other, unsung and clearly undeserving, victims of all the other numerous holocausts, past and current, wot are never remembered, let alone celebrated or assigned pretty paper poppies and things. And if anybody still thinks this pic is about Versace or Jimmy Choos, please think again.