Underneath The Tantalizing Tree

Also: a Scots séance, a miraculous healing, a Tolkien wedding cake, &c

Well, this has been an unpleasant day. Came out of my bedroom this morning to learn from my daughter Nora that she has started to lose her senses of taste and smell. Nora, Lucas, and their mom were exposed to Covid at school this week. Julie and I figured that it wouldn’t matter for me now, as we all live together, if I stayed out among them, but our so…