"What is the present but the sum of the past in a moment of consciousness?  And because the spirit can call upon this consciousness — this recall — at will, so the present is ever there in the stream of time and the flowing weave can become a broad tapestry spread out for me to contemplate; and I can point to the spot where a particular thread in the weft marks the start of a new design in the pattern.  And I can follow the thread, knot by knot, forwards and backwards; it does not break off, it carries the design and the meaning in the design; it is the essence of the tapestry and has nothing to do with its temporal existence."
—Gustav Meyrink, The Angel of the West Window

Prof. Oddfellow found his ideal of a wonky homestead: the Carpenter's House (1908), once part of the Dow Museum's preserved city block in the heart of St. Augustine's historic district (but irresponsibly demolished).  There was no lens distortion in the photo — the house really was that lopsided.