Betsy Devine: Funny ha-ha and/or funny peculiar

And snowing.

And snowing.

And SNOWING.

Predictably, maple syrup candy ensued.

And then–a miracle!

The very first piece of twisty, tooth-tangling candy I pulled from the snow looked exactly like flute-playing deity Kokopelli!

Can science explain this?

Or is this yet more evidence for “Intelligent Design” of the universe by a deity who has moved on from inspiring desert petroglyphs to flaunting his humpbacked image in Betsy’s kitchen?

This picture, alas, is not photo evidence–merely an artist’s reconstruction. Some religions may disapprove of eating gods and/or munching miracles–my religious tradition is the opposite.

Honesty compels me to state that some later strands of candy more closely resembled noodly bits of the Flying Spaghetti Monster–so clear evidence for one theology as opposed to another must await more investigation, and more maple candy.

One statement can be made with certainty: maple Kokopelli was delicious.