APPETIZERS

Still a month of winter to go, technically, but here in the desert, spring is imminent.  Last Monday brought our first real thermal soaring of the new year, and after a surprise snow today (Thursday), chilly thermals are forecast to return for Friday.  A gradual warming trend will begin on Saturday, and a month from now we’ll be soaring thermals every day.  Between here and there you’ll have to make your own contusions.