Winter has Arrived

Winter begins ''officially'' today. Which grand maestro in Perugia orchestrated such perfectly synchronised timing? Temperature plunged sharply, friends start to take out tissue papers for their sniffling noses, coughs and sneezes greet me, and my fingers are frozen.

I had thought it could not get any colder, and I am obviously wrong. One wishes one's scarves could get thicker and longer and could go a few more rounds over the neck. Caps, hats, bonnets seem to fly off the shelves at the store, and everyone's busy buying gloves too!