Scorpions, Kay, and Judge Roy Bean

You ask what do scorpions, my wife Kay, and Judge Roy (the hanging judge) Bean have in common?   If you remember Judge Bean (of West Texas fame) would tell the defendants before him in the court room. Oh we're going to give you a trial first, then we will hang you.





About 50 plus years ago Kay, living in Texas, awoke in the middle of the night to find she was sharing her pajamas ...

... with a scorpion.





A condition apparently the scorpion was not to pleased about.


Anyway, the scorpion proceeded to let Kay know just how unhappy it was with the cohabitation of said clothing. In fact the scorpion made its presence known three times prior to Kay's decision to let the scorpion have the PJs to itself. As one might deduce from such an experience, Kay, how shall we say, has little love for scorpions.


Well as fate would have it, now that we are living in Mexico. A scorpion appeared in our living room. Much to the scorpion's surprise, or should I say it's misfortune, Kay found it first. Well, as you might understand the poor scorpion did not even get a trial. Just ... BAM! BAM! BAM!


I suppose that even after 50 plus years Kay has still not forgiven scorpions for the previous incident. Just goes to show scorpions may forget, but elephants and my wife DO NOT. There is a lesson in there for me somewhere, I will just have to figure it out.

Remember God only gives us a certain number of days, I don't plan on wasting the ones I have left.

Until we talk again.

Mike