Take That, Stupid Pandemic

I snapped this picture on the recent India trip. It was hanging on the wall outside of a great little restaurant where we ate one afternoon. It's a combination of peppers, a lemon and charcoal, designed to ward off the evil juju. My excellent friend Steve could speak much more eloquently about this than I could, obviously. The inclusion of charcoal was a new one, at least for me, but it seemed to be a common ingredient in similar spiritual devices across India.

I'm assuming that it's lingering potency is what kept us safe on the rather insane trip home.