Superstitions

Fiorella is fascinated by the way we all try to find ways to control our lives.  Remember "Step on a crack/Break your mother's back?"  Fio realized it was dumb at the time, but still carefully avoided sidewalk cracks "just in case."  And now, as an adult, for no reason she can discern, she does not want any sharp instrument pointed at her.

Then there are the classic, like throwing spilled salt over your left shoulder.  And most of us are concerned that they might maybe jinx ourselves by talking about positive possibilities as if they were certainties.

The list is endless.  And we call ourselves modern and enlightened.

But be careful--there's a Friday the Thirteenth this month.