Here in the States we're lurching toward Thanksgiving, and here in New York we've finally got a little rain to baste our drought. It's still absurdly warm for the season, but we're starting to brace for the cold that should have struck so many weeks ago. I assume we'll get a winter this year. Those long-term forecasts for the season ahead promise less snowfall than usual, which is no surprise.

On a personal level, we're about to open a production of Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew, and these last chaotic few days have been tiring but fun. We put this one up quickly. Taming of the Shrew is a weird and feisty text, and I guess we're about to find out how the audience is going to react to it.

This is an old key, newly revealed, and it should be as fresh and when I bought it. If it gives you trouble, please let me know. Enjoy!