Dear CC,

I understand you are "down under" nowadays, and that, being on the flip side of the equator, you are just past the winter solistice. However, seeing as how you are a "canuk" as well, I trust you understand that it is painful for us to discuss snow when we actually are past the danger of seeing it for, oh, say, at least a few weeks.

In the long, cold, winter months here in the Great White Midwest, I will re-up this post, and practice my Eskimo sentence contruction. Now that I have "freaking", I just need "cold", "windy", and "too damn". I'm sure Uncle Cecil can help..... L.