Spinning Pins

Impeccable example of a spinning pin. It is

A) historical. Thomas Jefferson soaked here in 98 degree mineral springs, and thus do we;

B) historical again. The building is built in the nineteenth century, well after Thomas, well before now. It sags and rots and changes direction. It is so charmingly ramshackle as to be induce worry—not that it will fall down but that it will be tragically misunderstood and violently torn down, which would seriously compromise its pinship;

C) circular;

D) encouraging of contemplation, as bubbles trail up;

E) a physical enactment of spinning, as one floats on a “noodle” (not historically accurate) and thus glides serenely around the center pole, watching sky and rafters spin languidly, at a pace one might describe as “annual.”