Okay, a couple of hours ago – or maybe three – I was getting ready to send news of this package. I’d typed the post title and then I realized if I did not rummage through a box of old papers, I would never do it. So I left this message as a draft and when I came back, I saw I had a new email waiting . . . from LZP himself.

Three things arrived; two are pictured here. The bug will be featured tomorrow.

Some at The Leaning Cow folks are uncertain about this:

And then there is this interesting and potential addition to the menu:

Watch for our review tomorrow of The Gummy Haggis which will include the Robert Burn’s poem on the back of the book. And, yes, we will digest the material about the aforementioned bug.

It is raining and windy, and so a day for a fire to fill the house will the aroma of woodsmoke. I think if I could come up with a fabric softener that would make my pillowcases smell as if they were dried in the sun and an air freshener that was of aged woodsmoke, I would be able to open a place in the mall where you could “Rent a Nap” by the hour. You might not want to nap, just lie there in your cubicle lit with a flickering hurricane lamp and enjoy the smells.

Or,  I could go into the “Rustic Bedroom Package” that could be installed in homes. It says safety and comfort to me. Perhaps somewhere people like the sound of a low TV and parents voices  through a door left partly open  and the sound of New York traffic making it through a window. I could expand my business – different options for different reminders of comfort and belonging.

Ah, but back to today and  a fire. Maybe we need to get two fires going; we do have lots of wood since the winter was so mild. A fire in the den and one in the basement and the cheery smell and feel of air carrying the wood-burning ambiance throughout sounds good to me.

You know, I think I’ll just go start the fire in the basement right now.

See ya.