Local Colour

One of the spin-off (benefits? not sure) of living here is the unique

turns-of-phrase which one encounters from time to time... as in today's

comment from someone at the Christmas Eve dinner:



"Dang, it's colder than a wart on a gravedigger's ass!"



And with that, I bid you the best of providence in the coming year. 

May it be fruitful and joyous for us all!