Well, there has been no further news of stabbings. (And the one that apparently happened most recently, absolutely nothing about it anywhere - so either it was a Bad News Error, or else it was a "domestic" and therefore beneath mention).

Also, some have commented how the fatal stabbing (the first) happened in a part of town known to be high in crime (I live in a small city but sadly not one small enough not to have its "high crime" neighborhoods). The general conclusion is to wail about "why don't the police patrol more," which I have no response to other than: times are tough all over.

Also, given the propensity of news to spin things up to panic mode, I'm going to assume that the absence of panic means the situation really isn't dangerous for ordinary citizens: thinking critically, if the news people aren't telling us we are in Mortal Peril, we surely aren't. (At least not from this incident). And if they are telling us we are in Mortal Peril, chances are we aren't, but it might be intelligent to be a bit more attentive to one's surroundings.

Still, it irks me that we get Stupid Celebrity News and OH NOES THE ECONOMY and OH NOES SOMETHING YOU HAVE NO REAL CONTROL OVER MAY DESTROY YOUR HEALTH stories instead of local news.

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My two quilts are done; if the quilter is in today I am going to go down there and pick them up. (And hopefully drop off the next quilt: the way she worded the phone message - "arrange a time to pick them up" - gives me a tiny fear that she might be going out of this business and won't be taking any more. Which is too bad because I like her work, but it's not TOO bad, as I think there are several other people in the area now who do quilting - I think the local quilt shop has names).

Then again, I should not assume the worst of a situation. (Though I often do; in a twisted way I find it preferable to be mentally prepared for the worst, because anything less than that is a pleasant surprise.)

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It is still hot here. We are under a "heat advisory" until, I think, Sunday night. Ugh.