A wintry afternoon to all, and to all a good night -- I've just returned from our law department holiday luncheon, which was just a cozy table for four at a local restaurant, la de da. Christmas is getting closer and whiter with each passing hour around here -- we are up to our knees in pristine white slush. Just in time, David Sedaris has published this "Winter Story" in the New Yorker, "Let It Snow." The following exchange could so have come from the mouths of my siblings and I back in the late 70s, which is why he's such a fabulous writer: “Gretchen, go lie in the street.” “Make Amy do it,” she said. Ah, childhood...

On a similar nostalgic note, make a virtual paper snowflake -- thanks to Lindsay for digging up this old favorite.