Check this out:   This is my mom’s oven. Or rather, it used to be my mom’s oven (she just got a brand-new oven, and so my dad had just put this old one in the backyard before he takes care to dispose of it). And the little guy in there is a pigeon. A rather curious pigeon that decided that a discarded oven would be a much more fashionable home than whatever used to be his home so far. So, promptly, he took possession of this thing, and spent not only the rest of the day in it (despite the fact that we were busy all around him), he even stayed over night. But I’m sad to disappoint you, because this story doesn’t have a happy end. The pigeon’s new home was gone the next day, and Pigeon needs to look for another home once more.

Guess what this is:   Yes, you’re right. It’s a tractor, on a field, during harvest. But you see, this is not just any tractor, and it’s also not just any field. It’s actually an onion harvesting tractor on an onion field. Note the “onion” here. Now, I’m not one who dislikes onion per se. In fact, onions can be a very delicious addition when it comes to your cooking; and they can be most welcome in such cases. In this case, however, I wasn’t too happy about the onions and the field, and the tractor, and the fact that these onions grow in immediate proximity to our home. You see, all summer long there’s been that peculiar smell in the air. The smell of onions. But you can’t just take these onions and put them away in a closet; or throw them in the trash, or cover them up. No, these onions are, more than anything, in your nose, and that’s where they’ll stay until they’re gone. So, today, the big secret that has …