Earthquake

I was in a large retail beverage store in Hamden thinking that it was a bit early to be trotting out Autumn festbiers, much like the retailers put out Christmas products around Halloween when I heard the jingling of thousands of glass bottles vibrating against each other, like bells. Then I felt a bit loose in the knees and had to steady myself. Everyone in the store rushed to the large open area in the center and started discussing what turned out to have been a 5.8 magnitude earthquake. Hubby rang me up to say that he and the teen rushed outside because our wood frame house had shaken pictures off the walls. Concerned about aftershocks, I hurried home but first paid for the six of Shiner Oktoberfest that had jumped into my basket during the confusion. Now I have to go find my scaredy-cat, Homer.