we're back! after managing a safe re-entry to the us of a, we find ourselves in a jet-lagged quandary: what do you make for supper when you have a huge box of organic produce and no clue of what you're hungry for? why, • veggie shepherd's pie with roast beets •, of course. we discuss 14th century freehouses , delve into the forbidden realm of diapausal prehistoric brachiopods, explore our numismatismic tendencies, and pay tribute to our wheat-gluten dark lord. the cats are up to their usual antics, and before any of you even ask... no, none of them lifted a paw to help clean up after their wild week alone. they are very naughty. veggie shepherd's pie with... SATAN!?! it's delicious! Less