A TASTE OF SPRING

I know, I know. You're asking yourself why I'm talking about Spring when, technically, it isn't even winter... yet.

Well, it certainly seems like winter here in southern New England. We've had snow a few times, not the heavy, deep stuff of true winter but enough to put several inches of the white stuff on the trees, woods and meadows. And it is COLD! The sky is grey. So, yes, many of us are thinking "winter" even if the calendar doesn't agree.

My editor sent me a Spring treat a couple of days a...