Norman Rockwell

Last night, the boys and I went skating at the neighbors' house across the street. It was a beautiful starry night and snowing. On their rink, under the lights, it felt like a dream.

After I took my skates off, Liz and I sat on the wooden bench, cozied up under a blanket (as it was only 16 degrees out), had a glass of wine and watched the kids play shadow tag on the ice. And I thought: It just doesn't get any better than this.

Thank you God.

Gore's Nobel Peace Prize

I was wondering, as I read the news, what peace and global warming have in common when I ran across the following quote from Damian Thompson, a UK correspondent from the Telegraph:

"Al Gore . . . has overtaken Michael Moore as the most sanctimonious lardbutt Yank on the planet."

As much as I'm in favor of "going green," as they say, this made me laugh. I love that you can get a Nobel Peace Prize for filming a movie. Mother Teresa could have relaxed after all!