
“Away with cosiness [Gemütlichkeit]! Only where cosiness ends, does humanity begin.”
Adolf Behne
There Was A Young Man With A Beard…
Who found it was just as I feared:
While barrowing wood
For next winter’s good
Found a weta (med-small) in his beard.
To my great surprise, he did not yell, scream, give himself an emergency beard-ectomy, or burn the house down. Truly a deep and mysterious man, the Caped Gooseberry.
Minty Gloves: How To
Let me set the scene: It was a dark and stormy night….
I went to put some paper in the recycling outside the back door, and found a snail taking refuge from the downpour. Which then reminded me…


