
Longtime readers will know that Jane is one of our most vigilant and valuable citizens, with many peel credits to her name. While pounding the pavement recently, she came across a shocking scene in an otherwise attractive and well-maintained curbside succulent patch. This speckled specimen was already teetering on the wrong side of spoiled when it was peeled and its skin discarded. Now it lies where it fell, genuflecting to passersby, though whether in deference or spite, we will never know.