Magic Mint
Saturday, May 17, 2008
About a week and a half ago we were riding in the car on our way to Los Angeles, the radio was tuned to its usual NPR. Thomas was driving so my thoughts were drifting back and forth from radio to imagination as I watched the Orange County scenery coast by. A report came on talking about teens who use a native Mexican plant as a hallucinogenic. I perked up a little when I heard the plant name, Salvia. "We have that," I say quietly.
Thomas jerks his head toward me with such force the rest of his body and the car follow in turn. "We do?," he asks more excitedly than a teenage boy whose father just told him he has a subscription to Playboy magazine.
Sadly, honey, it's not the right variety. It flowers.











