Reunion

20 Years Later, They Looked Good



Though they were wasps from SW Connecticut, my two cute cousins bore a disturbing resemblance to those guidos/guidettes on MTV's "Jersey Shore"... At least when it came to tanning. So by the time they reached 28 they were well on their way to becoming sun-dried tomatoes.

Or raisins, prunes, dates, apricots, figs; pick your own dried fruit... Leave something out in the sun long enough; it dries out.

Not such a big problem for the reunion kids in what weather pros know as the "Puget Sound Conversion Zone" with its 300 days a year of overcast.

But I live in the desert now, where the weather brings that much sun.

On the trip I made to the DMV in June, I was served by a woman with otherwise beautiful features who was on her way to becoming a "longhorn"... Walking around, but resembling the dessicated cattle skull you see by the dried up movie western watering hole.

Time is not kind.