A gentleman who has been reading Slope for the past decade was thoughtful enough to send me the bear below. The photo doesn’t do it justice, because it’s actually pretty big, and I decided to model it on our new kitchen counter to give it the background it deserves. The chap who wrote me wrote me a marvelous letter about himself and the purpose of the bear, and I consider this creature to be my good-luck charm for 2024. Let’s hope she works, because I’m otherwise out of ideas! I haven’t named her yet, but suggestions are welcome.
