Spotted...

...around town this week:

- A choice between regular, orange and purple organic cauliflower at the Kiva (I went orange, since we did purple last week)
- A lady wearing a pink sweatshirt, khakis and an enormous witches hat strolling nonchalantly around downtown with a man and a little girl
- Three older gents wearing matching red sweatsuits with matching red walking sticks strolling along the river trail (is this some kind of Red Hat Society spinoff? 'Cause I see those ladies everywhere)
- Manic squirrels enjoying the last of the October sunshine
- Tie-dyed non-normative scarecrow family hanging out in the Trader Joe's garden
- Sign outside a church: "Body Piercing Saved my Life -- Thank you Jesus!"
- Sign outside a church: "Tenants of Hell: Sunday 10:30" (along these lines, I imagine)
- Confederate Flag bumper sticker surrounded by the words "I'm Offended That You're Offended"

The first five are reasons I enjoy living here. Last three? Not so much.

And on a completely unrelated note, Trader Joe's frozen samosas have been tested and approved by the Black Cat Commune. They're not to the level of homemade (which take hours, but yum) or Diva-quality (Diva -- sob -- we miss you), but with a little tamarind sauce they will more than satisfy the craving, and all in ten minutes.