Tea: Yunnan Gold

Music: Bing Crosby, "White Christmas"

Time: Night.

There's snow on the ground, but only a dusting -- and that's on its way to being covered by a sheet of ice.

I have thought deeply today. Steeply, I'm not sure I can manage.

Now I'm thinking sleepily.

And since tomorrow's a weather day for the kids, I might not get out of my pajamas until three in the afternoon. There will be popcorn and cheesy monster movies. I'll probably eat cereal out of the box.

That is, of course, if the power stays on.

So ... 'night, everyone. Stay warm.

And I call dibs on the futon, for watching "The Giant Gila Monster."