Thursday I'll be heading out on Ashura, a Muslim holiday — I love the superabundance of them — that celebrates the prophet Musa's salvation from Pharaoh by God "creating a path in the Sea." I pray He similarly creates a dry highway path straight through to the dark heart of Southwest Missouri, land of our former pharaoh's vastly unvaccinated and the hopelessly delusional. I shall be visiting my older brother and me dear ole mum. I'll be back Monday morn. Have a good weekend.