Warm Fuzzies on a Cold Prickly Night

Now this is the kind of thing that just makes a writer's day, especially at a time when one is at a low creative ebb and feeling rather gloomy about it. Thanks, stmarysalice.

And thanks to all of you who have taken the time, recently or not so recently, to encourage me and give me helpful feedback. yahtzee63 and shoebox2, I swear I have not forgotten I left you hanging, and hope to be able to get something new to you within the next few weeks, if you're still on board. Likewise all the kind folks who signed up for Round 2 of the Great Revision Project and are still waiting patiently to have something to comment on. Smooches to you all.