After deciding to experiment with some chestnuts and being very VERY careful with the very very sharp knife (always manage to cut my finger before gigs), I was apparently too careful and didn't pierce the inner layer of the shell before roasting, and promptly and forcefully coated everything in my kitchen, including me and my eyeballs, with a fine layer of chestnut dust. I also burned my hand.

Thankfully, none of this affected my harp playing, so onwards and upwards.

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