P.S. The blank and frosty whiteness of this card captures what we saw upon our return to Madison Saturday night. Jumping from sunbaked LA to snowdumped Madison was, shall we say, a cruelly abrupt transition. Our charter flight was diverted to Minneapolis because of the storm, and from there we were bussed to Madison. After six hours of whiteout-defying heroism by our drivers, we safely reached the Dane County Airport. Packing our cars outside the terminal, we were hit by a wind chill that took the thermometer to a very scary place.

And now, as we gaze with a shiver at the snowbank outside our campus office, we still can see that wonderfully red rose in the Wrigley Gardens at the Tournament of Roses headquarters, a rose with a palm tree towering in the background. How's that for a warm, soul-soothing memory from sunny Pasadena?

More postcards:
Dec. 28: Westard ho!
Dec. 28: Thawing out
Dec. 28: LA scene
Dec. 29: Old Pasadena
Dec. 29: Roses HQ
Dec. 29: Petal pushers
Dec. 30: 90210
Dec. 30: 90210, cont'd
Dec. 30: A sea of red
Dec. 31: Venice Beach
Jan. 1: Rose Parade
Jan. 1: The Game
Jan. 1: The Game, cont'd
Jan. 2: P.S.

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Photos by Jeff Miller, text by Jeff Iseminger.