I don't expect to be blogging early tomorrow, so I'll take this opportunity to wish all COTTonLINE readers a very Merry Christmas. I hope the good will and joy of the season enfold you and bring you happiness. Be safe on the highways and careful in all you do.
I write from southern Arizona where the daytime temperature today was purest shirtsleeve, under blue skies. I don't know if I'd call this arid terrain beautiful but it is certainly spectacular. I keep expecting to see the plume of a far-off sand worm, with fremen riding his back.
