OPINIONS/EDITORIALS

As one of those folks who believes that winter is best experienced by someone else -- and elsewhere -- I'd suggest we've had enough winter already.
Really, we've had a little dusting of snow, some sleet and some downright chilly weather, so enough is enough.
Let's move right along to spring -- and, yes, I know that thought is a pipe dream but some of us can dream, can't we?
Granted, some of you love even the thought of that white stuff -- and some of you actually go outside to play in it.

I tend to curate my social media presence as much as possible, so my Internet footprint isn't a total pile of burning 'you know what.'
But, obviously, one would have to be living under a rock in order to escape the utter devastation that is taking place in California.
According to published reports, the Palisades Fire and Eaton Fire "broke out" on Jan. 7, growing to more than 23,000 and 14,000 acres, respectively.
At press time, the conflagration was alleged to have been responsible for 20 deaths, burning about 40,000 acres and reducing countless homes, cars and anything else in its path to ash.