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Dear friends,

Lloyd and I are both fighting something off tonight, so the long-winded bloviating will have to wait until tomorrow.  Apologies, apologies.

Until that time, please allow me to share with you two really good things…

Although it’s already in my photo album, I am posting this picture of my street during our first real snowstorm of 2003-2004.  Everything looks pretty with a fresh coat of snow on it, of course, but there is something about my street that I just love in a snowstorm.  On overcast days the neighborhood is suffused with a bright greyness that makes everything look sharp and soft at the same time.  When you add snow to that, the whole neighborhood just looks bright, glowing, lit from within.

A few interesting trivia points about this picture:

Yes, I stood in the middle of the crosswalk to get this shot—and yes, that is an oncoming car.

The red brick house behind the trees, the one with the bay windows, is our apartment building.

The overpass carries both freight and Amtrak trains to Boston, Springfield and points north.

The church, which you can see through the overpass, is the Church of the Immaculate Conception on 29th Street and Ditmars Boulevard, and can be found on page 807 of the AIA Guide to New York City.  It is a lovely church, and the bell tower is grand and dramatic.

One of the good things about fighting something off is that we don’t have to waste our time tonight on idle pursuits such as dusting or doing dishes, and thus can spend our time enjoying our Firefly DVD box set.  If you were a fan of Firefly and you still haven’t forgiven Fox for not doing right by it, then snap this set up, if you haven’t already.  If you’re not familiar with it, and if your sole impression of Joss Whedon is “that guy who makes the silly vampire shows for the kids,” then shake the cobwebs and free your mind, baby.  It strikes me as unfair in the extreme that Firefly didn’t even air for a full season, but Gunsmoke was allowed to run forever.