Not much snow (ergo, not much winter). We’re almost a month into winter, and it’s been mostly rain, fog, overcast skies, and the occasional stretch of sunshine. Last year at about this time Steve was driving us through the heaviest snow of the season to get to the North American International Auto Show at Cobo Hall in Detroit. Right now about the only evidence of snow is the 4-foot-high pile of forlorn-looking icy gray sludge sitting in the fire lane next to the carport outside the house.

I’ll still take falling snow over falling rain any day of the week. Oh, well, at least I’m not in water-logged Seattle, where it’s rained now for 27 days straight.