Transmitting from the Mahadi Wilderness in Joshua Tree, California.

Now is the time for Desert Oracle Radio, the voice of the desert.

Night has fallen on the desert.

Well, has fallen on the desert. And the night time is the only time worth talking about this time of year.

I walked out to pay reverence to the moon when it was still enormous last week.

I stroll around a little bit, head up the road to lock the gate for the night.

You might not describe the weather as delightful, but it was bearable.

I mean, the breeze is hot on nights like this.

So eventually, I head back back inside and I guess that's how I brought this big scorpion into the house.

Stuck to the bottom of my ratty old take out the garbage shoes.

You know the ones you leave by the front door.

And it must have come loose in the hallway, that's when I noticed on the way back.

This poor Scorpion, maybe three inches long, sort of smushed on the Spanish tile.

As always, even when it's not really the sort of all creatures, great and small wildlife that

belongs in the house, I mourned its death for a moment.

I thought it was dead.

And then I figured I'd sweep it outside on the way back.

Just gonna grab the broom.

As I'm getting the broom, that's when I wonder exactly how it got there.

Well, guess what?

There's a scorpion-sized damp blotch on the sole of one of my shoes, the right shoe,

if you're wondering.

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