It is embarrasing how infrequently I have posted, considering all the thoughts I have been thinking about posting. Spring, for instance. I was really down in the dumps last week when everyone was in Barbados or Cancun or Venezuela, and I was here in grey town. But after 2 feet of lovely snow that makes you feel all surprised and amazed by weather, I am renewed and ready for a few more weeks of winter. I am thinking about flowers, though, and maybe that is why I feel all of a sudden happier.