We have been shivering under a freezing fog for days and days here in the valley. 30 miles away, the sun has been shining. Or so they say. This is what it looked like here by us this morning..   The only color anywhere around is the thorn bush by my house... I saw the sky briefly as the fog slipped out and the storm moved in. As I write this, the first quiet flakes of snow are drifting down, grasping the baton that the fog passed off to it. The chill winter race is not over yet. Will we ever be warm again?