Dear Reader, Charles Dickens this ain't. It's more like Charles Addams meets Sherwood Anderson. Imagine that illustrious duo getting together over drinks to create a small town in western Vermont (Coolidge Bay). The pair conceive, construct and people their town... with the latter gent supplying a plodding sense of community, the former, an air of R-rated whimsy infused with just a hint of the macabre. Now, imagine you've been invited up for the holidays to check out the pair's fictive creation. Enjoy a complimentary glass of bubbly. Take a leisurely stroll around. Loki and I did. We liked the place so much we're moving up there in the spring. All the Bay needs is a skinch more mischief and a tad more macabre... which Loki and I plan to supply as soon as we move in. Love and Kisses, Lafnie