 Prodigal son – foto by smith My thumb returned to the fold just like some prodigal thumb. I lost my right thumb 2 months ago when I was stripping sage for 10 pounds of homemade sausage. Thumb got sore, swelled up the next day, and stopped bending. Without a bendable thumb you can’t pick up things, untie things, write properly with a pen. I had to quit my job riding shotgun on the sagecoach. Couple weeks after my thumb quit, our friend MadManMax got a wee bit too tipsy, fell, broke his fall with his left hand and seriously stretched the tendon. His left hand just flopped at the wrist. Could do nothing. Now his tendon has recovered as well and his hand usage has come back. The body is a strange and remarkable creation. And now for the mind: “Two new studies suggest that marijuana and red wine help ward off Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of age-related memory loss. “At a November meeting of the Society of Neuroscience in Washington, D.C., researchers from Ohio State University reported that THC, the main psychoactive substance in the cannabis plant, may reduce inflammation in the brain and even stimulate the formation of new brain cells. “To be effective, any such treatment along these lines would have to take place before memory loss is obvious.” – from http://www.alternet.org/drugreporter/110806/attacking_alzheimer%27s_with_red_wine_and_marijuana/ Well I’m ahead of the curb – I started treating myself with marijuana almost 41 years ago, way before obvious memory loss. This will mean I’ll be getting more forgetful when we move back to Cleveland because what costs $10 here to smoke would cost $400 in Cleveland which is so far beyond our budget it’s surreal. So if you see me drooling and stumblebumming along the sidewalks of Cleveland this spring, take pity on my memory loss and pass me a joint.  Bob Marley Oaxacan graffiti – foto by smith |