Herman by Jim Unger for January 13, 2024

Good timing, it’s very cold where I am!

Looks like me in the morning.

I guess that is why they call it morning – you mourn getting up.

“The bird fights its way out of the egg. The egg is the world. Who would be born must first destroy a world. The bird flies to God. That God’s name is Abraxas”—Hermann Hesse

“…..Join the club and let’s take a little swim.”

What EGGactly do you want to tell me? SHELL I turn the heat on?

I’m sure there is a walrus nearby that will be happy to take you in and warm you up.

“Right off, let’s make an appointment for you with an Orthdontist. That egg tooth just doesn’t seem normal!”

I ain’t comin’ out till spring.

When it gets really cold, I don’t want to exit my shell either.

That must be Eggbert, the paranoid, shy baby penguin.

Same conversation being had here today, it was -16C this morning at sunrise…checking the snow for polar bear prints…

For the record, this is the south coast of BC, and being the sanctimonious lot that we are here, we simply do not DO winter.

Some people just have difficult time coming out of their shell.

I thought I was witnessing the birth of Chilly Willy.