I'll be reporting from Paradise.

For the first time this season, the temperature isn't expected to get above freezing on Thursday. I recall winters here in Minnesota when we went 60-some consecutive days without hitting 32 degrees. And going for periods of several days without getting above zero. But that's all right. There are colder places. In Alaska and in the arctic and antarctic. And on Mars and on the moon. But what do I care? I'm gonna spend most of the winter in a mild weather part of Italy. I promise to tell you what it's like. With frequent reports from Paradise. --Jim Broede