Bernstein In Mexico

Bernstein in MexicoEach morning before leaving for her Spanish class, Norma Bernstein checked the house for spiders, scorpions, lizards and other vermin. She would shake out the sheets, blankets and pillows, inspect the kitchen cupboards and the space beneath the sink and poke a stick into the cracks in the slate flooring.Bernstein, robed in plaid Viyella, puffing his morning pipe, steaming coffee cup in hand, would smile at her search for noxious pests and say, "No tarantulas, Normie. It's...