Spiders of Joy

The two cosmopolitan German women, Gerhild Tietz and Anneli Goetz, have traveled the length and breadth of Saint Plotniko since their arrival last Thursday, seeing museums and neighborhoods and high as well as low culture, but what they appear to have loved most of all so far are the name cards that Ms. Mush made for them last night. Halloween is something new to them, and every day they see new spiders and jack-o-lanterns and skeletons popping up on front lawns and apartment windows and they are intrigued. Now, they each have a spider of their own and they couldn't be more pleased.



After dinner, there was a mandatory pause on Bernal Hill for Geri to take this cloudy, brooding photo. The different views of Saint Plotniko from different spots have intrigued them too.



Five of these chocolate bars arrived with Geri and Anneli and only two are left, which is amazing because Ducknik and Plotnik haven't stopped eating them, two squares at a time.



Famed Children's Book Author Nguyen Sor Juana Tyrone Applebaum signed several of her new books for Plot and Duck to give as Christmas presents this year, as they gave out her first book a few years ago. It feels so nice to have friends' projects turn out beautifully and be able to share them with other friends. Sounds like The Great Dance-Nik has a new chapbook, and Brother Large Pants has a wonderful volume of poetry and who knows who else by the time December rolls around?