The log is injected with shiitake mushroom spores. It was a gift from #2 Daughter. A WRITING PROMPT FROM ME TO YOU: A lantern and a log. MA

Sara Marian (a.k.a. Daughter #4) here, dropping by to let you all know that Mom is home from her surgery, dear readers. Everything went smoothly (and fastfully) and she is not experiencing much pain so far, just a sort of muscle ache feeling. Pictures of…