The theme for the swap was to be "teddies." Lacy teddies, cuddly teddies, whatever. We put our names in and drew lots to see for whom we would draw: I got Calalene. I actually forgot until the day before I turned it in that it was to have a teddy in it: Calalene, being a bard, was to have sat upon a piano with a microphone in her hand. I flipped out, quickly ran back to Photoshop, and gave her teddy ears and a bear that looks a great deal like my own Voltaire Jabberwocky in place of the mike. And, well. I live in Vermont! Thick heavy teddies are all we can wear lest our nipples get frostbitten!