Well today my sister, Dusty, and her very nice but very butch partner, Fran, left for their mission of mercy. They arrived at my house about 1:30 p.m. to drop of Margarita, their little white dog. This dog is supposedly a chihuahua with long hair. Have you ever seen a chicken at the state fair that had lots of feather's around its feet? Well Margarita looks like that, with a dog's head and tail. My contribution to saving people affected by the flood is taking care of Margarita while Dusty and Fran pick up people in Natchez, Mississippi and take them where they want to go. (See part 1.)
I suggested to Dusty that they buy a video camera so they could document their travels, and have video of the five people who they'll be chauffeuring around the USA. I thought perhaps we could edit it and make a pretty good documentary. We could see some people and some decimated landscape kind of up close and personal, fair and balanced, and all that.
I think it will be interesting to see how the refugees and an obviously gay couple deal with one another. Though I suspect when you're homeless, you're in no mood to be picky. Still, Fran often gets mistaken for a man, and called "Sir" until she speaks in her obviously womanly voice, so it might be interesting to see whether the pastor who will be turning over his lost sheep to these "sinners," once he sees them, or will have anything to say about it.
Fran is taking her very spoiled son, Rick, along with them. Rick has taken a notion that he wants to go to the flood zone and take care of homeless animals. Fran wants to reinforce this kind of caring behavior so has decided to take him along, dropping him off there with $500 to see what he can get done. (Dusty says he'll be back home in three days.)
Tomorrow night will be the first installment of actual on-the-road narrative from Dusty and Fran and maybe even some of the refugees.
Tune in.