I went to collect my tennis racket from the shop where it was being re-strung. Like many a small store in a strip mall, this one opens onto a parking lot, around which is about a three foot wide strip of grass that is maintained by Spanish-speaking workers of a mow-and-blow service. Except yesterday they were being put out of work by immigrants. Carefully working their way down the slight green island was a group of Canada Geese. I blame NAFTA. David Ritchie, Portland, Oregon------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html