Thank You, Kathy/Ticky.

Dear Ticky came to visit yesterday. We braved the Northeast winds, ventured onto the South Nags Head Beaches, experienced sand in our orifices, frozen ear lobes, hypothermia, Reynaud's, icicles from nares, constant wind, and just basically, severe discomfort. We had a good time, didn't we Ticks? Thanks for coming. And thank you for taking some of the very best photographs ever taken of me.

My ass is lookin' pretty good there amongst the sand bags. The beached whales. The houses giving up to the sea. The bitter cold.

Come to the end of my little world. And what a lovely world it is.