Dear Friends,

We have just gotten a few dustings of snow so far here in the north country, which were soon followed by warm weather and rain. They are making snow up on the ski slopes, but looking out my window here at the office down the Mad River, I still see green. Most of my co-workers are skiers who are looking forward to lots of snow but the mild winters of the past few years seem to be a trend, at least so far this year. I do have a goal of getting out on my motorcycle once in December.

Sometimes I wonder why I live here in the cold and snow. I don’t ski — never been downhill skiing in my life and have no interest in sliding down a steep mountain slope in snow and skinny pieces of plastic. I tried to take up snowmobiling thinking it might be like motorcycling in the winter, but nope, there were only about a dozen days to go out and it was not at all like motorcycling. I’m also over making snowmen. I guess it is the dues I pay for being in Vermont, but whenever I leave the state in the winter, I am thinking about why anyone would live in the ice.

Rebecca and I made a presentation via Messages to the Naples Florida Mac Users group that was a lot of fun. It was on our “Western Wear Wednesday,” so Rebecca and I showed up in our cowboy gear and told the story of Small Dog. I took care of the history and our mission, and Rebecca talked about our current projects and capabilities. If your user group would like to do something similar, we would be happy to do so. Don’t forget you can also tune into our radio show, Small Dog Speaks, every Thursday from 1pm-2pm on WDEV. You can even call in toll-free to ask questions and answer our trivia question giveaway.

We have the new iMac now in stock and WOW, it is beautiful. If you are looking for a desktop machine, these new iMacs are simply stunning and wicked fast! And I hear that some are now being assembled here in the USA, too.