Singing mice

I heard about this on the BBC at 1am.

Male mice tune up to impress. Slowed down into the human hearing range, they sound remarkably bird-like.

Mexico, continued: 31st October 2000

Sorry about that: I ran out of steam half way through the story.

( Continuing adventures of a visa applicant in Juarez )

Actual up-to-date update

The weather forecast is for 90 degrees tomorrow, followed by cooling off to the low 80's by the weekend. Even for Tucson, 90 in November is a little warm. I'm not complaining, though. Most years we get a couple of weeks' grace between the AC and the heating, some years not even that. This year it's been three weeks already.

The shoulder has been twingeing a bit today, and craning my neck to catch high-up pink chorisia flowers probably didn't help it. It was very nice out, though. The winter bedding is starting to appear; I have a small gallery of pansy portraits from yesterday, and a gorgeous crimson sweet william from today.

My November Amazon package is on its way. It's 'Book Season', Waldenbooks tells me, but here, it's time for walking in the sunshine.