Numb scars

Although the hair has grown back all around my new (2-month-old) and old (1-year-old) scars, the nerves haven't healed completely. I can sense things, but not the same way as I used to, and not the same way as on the skin of my undamaged leg. So I was surprised to find two mosquito bites just below my largest scar (one of the 1-year-old batch). Apparently I can't feel itchy near this scar. This is strange, especially considering my usually all-too-sensitive dermographic skin. (I am much too sensitive to do to myself what this dermographic artist does.)

Blasted insects. I wish I could make my blood poisonous to them, somehow (and yet safe for me).


This post's theme song: "What a game" from Ragtime.

Canada!

O, Canada! There are fireworks now, and though I can't see them, I can hear them in the middle and far distances. Echoing off buildings. Closer, on my street, many firecrackers celebrate 141 years of Canada.

Mosquitos are feasting on me, and I wonder if I can get mosquito netting for my bed somewhere in downtown Toronto. Maybe at a camping store?


This post has a theme song.