Neusie
I found this little fella in a packet of potatoes I bought recently. Can you see the two adorable eyes and the skew nose? This odd-looking potato was laying on my kitchen counter for a few days and every morning I would rub the nose and greet it. It sort of became one of the members of the household. But finally, I realised that I will have to do something with this weird-faced potato before it goes rotten. I just couldn’t get it over my heart to cut it up or cook it. To let it “live” for a longer time, I decided to plant it. I cannot say if this face looks happy or sad, but I do believe that the “burial” went quite easy. Though it did leave a poignant feeling in me that it is gone and that I will not be able to stroke its forehead or nose anymore, but there was a bit of joyfulness in reaping the new potatoes one day... Finally, it was the last goodbye before I slipped some soil over this little potato that I grew so fond of. May your of