Three unrelated things:

Three completely unrelated things for the morning:

1. I don't exactly mean to turn this blog into an advertising vehicle for large corporations, and I know some of you hate the thought of Willie Nelson covering Coldplay songs. But this has some very cute pigs:

(Also I like Chipotle.)

2. H.P. Lovecraft's first day as a substitute teacher at Arkham Junior High School.

3. My thought that central Florida had already moved past its limited winter this year into spring and summer turned out, like most of my weather thoughts, to be flat out wrong. We have ice in the bird bath this morning, and frost on the plants that huddle in the shadows behind the house. Just to comfort those of you in the north convinced that you alone must endure cold.

Sister, Bones and Salt

Some of you might remember that last year I published a little tale, Sister and Bones, in Demeter's Spicebox. It was one of my favorite stories from last year.

Today, Joshua Gage tells us just a little more about the teapot from my tale, and oh, what he has written is heartbreakingly lovely. Go and read, preferably with a cup of tea in hand. And once you're done, click over to The Salt of Aksum, where Mae Empson takes the sandals from Shveta Thakrar's Lavanya and Deepika to tell us just a little more about the power and magic of salt.

I can't wait to see where this project -- and the teapot -- go next.