I'm back! (From D.C. again. We just can't get enough apparently.) I took a bunch of non-snow pictures right before the storm, which seem funny to post with snow on the ground, but here's one anyway. I love how the bark curved as it grew.

In other important news, "Single Ladies" was the number two most frequently downloaded song for the week of December 14.

Let's do better than that in the future, OK? (Brittany's "Circus" was number one. I'm not providing a link. By the way, I don't think I was pushy enough when I recommended those other two songs from Time's list: they are VERY good. There will be a quiz.)