Starting the New Year right off with a bit of news - Diane Rossi reports there was "a fairly organized game of ice hockey" by the fishing access yesterday.  We aren't surprised, the ice looks super smooth, like glass, with just a few spots of snow scattered around.  However, I'm not sure I'd want to go out onto it.  We've had such off and on weather that melted some of the ice and surely dumped a great deal of warmish water into the pond, so there could be thin spots.  We just hope everyone had fun.
     It's a little warmer here this morning, 14 degrees, after a clear cold night.  The snow is coming this weekend - and perhaps a little rain . . . dicey weather again.