Reviewing the Mail: Week of 12/15

The package fairy has forsaken me this week: there was no mail, and so nothing to write about here.

I'll be back next week, I expect. And, if I'm lucky, I'll have some books to write about then.

(Parenthetically, I hope I never forget how very lucky I am to have people send me free stuff in the mail -- it really is  a wonderful thing, and not to be taken for granted.)