Another item from my blog backlog file, this time a delightful (and informative and perceptive) piece in the Economist’s special year-end issue (of 12/24/16), “Mankind in miniature: A simple, oddly modern, oddly mystical machine”, illustrated here: (#1) A hand-carved little man The piece (unsigned, as is standard in the Economist) begins: The clothespeg [AmE clothespin] … Continue reading The little man with the laundry