Captain’s log, Day 136: We were prepared for bears, but not for this. Today marks the discovery of a terifying creature called a deer ked, basically a flying tick that sheds its wings after latching onto a host.
We live here now
We’re in Sweden, a little over an hour’s drive from the house where it all started, and the proud new owners of a 100-year-old red cottage on the edge of a small wood.