February begins.

Here are a couple snowy updates from this week:

• Morocco is cold. Don't let that whole "Africa" or "desert" thing trick you.
• But the heaters here are magical. This is space heaters of course, as central heating and running hot water aren't a part of daily life. Open-flame and blankets are the obviously superior method of heating.
• Our food is still great, and according to Host-Mom, you have to eat more when it's cold or snowy, and she's generally right about everything
• Our spoken Darija has moved from "zero" to "shwiya" (a little, sort of)
• Our family bought 15 kilos of fresh, organic, delicious clementines this week. They supposedly get better during the summer, so we'll keep up a continuous quality control experiment.