WE HAVE A WINNER!!!

JOHANNES!!

Remove to JO, subtract the NE, and find lurking in there a one Mr. HANS from Seattle, Washington. Proud owner of a jar of delectable spoon sweeties (please allow 6-8 weeks for delivery, offer not valid for graduates of some liberal arts colleges). In my infinity density, I failed to recognize the correct answers when he submitted them, a very long time ago. And those answers are:

Riddle 1:
It's quince! Rearrange for "cinque" and move SE from Italy to find the EU member Greece. Add seven to five and get twelve, or as Homer would say: "dodeka."

Riddle 2:
It's a walnut! Do the prescribed alphabetical dance to get "aeplsr." Rearrange for "pearls" and give props to our oystery friends of the deep.

Hansie, we love you.

We're still here and well!

Dear Horiatikons, sorry for the silence but we were away from the computer for two wonderful weeks, traveling all over the island of Crete and the Pelion with my mom (all the way from Virginia!) and her friend Judith. Since our return to Volos, we've had another day of olive harvesting and a very enjoyable day with Eleni's family in their house near the sea in the small village of Xinovrisi. We've not had time to process the hundreds of pictures from said escapades yet. And with our departure from Greece looming roughly a week away, I'm not sure we'll get around to it. But stay tuned...who knows? We just might get inspired one night.

In the meantime, let me encourage any and all of you to take another stab at the spoon sweet riddles. These are real questions with real answers, parts of which have been touched on (yay Kate and Johannes) but not nailed down. And, my God, think of the prize!!! I received one anonymous email with BOTH correct answers...would only that these insightful nuggets were posted. As it is, it looks like Imzatoichi-1 may whisk away the winnings based on nothing more than the sheer genius of imagining a crown gall spoon sweet. More soon, in theory.