A period of unresponsiveness by a close friend to myriad questions and talking prompts often followed by prolific response to a randomly selected collection of said questions and prompts.
"I haven't heard from Derek in ages - I'm bracing for the stream of thoughts on the other side of the Joel Valley."
A Shackteau is a humble, weather-beaten, structurally questionable shelter located in a spectacular or highly coveted place—Wales, Jackson Hole, Sun Valley, Crested Butte, coastal Maine, the Alps—where the building itself may be worth almost nothing, but the dirt, view, access, and mythology make it absurdly valuable.
In use:
Shackteâu - We thought it was an abandoned shed until the realtor called it a rare alpine Shackteâu with unobstructed views and listed it for $2million.