Postcard from the sun

Just before snow swept the northeastern seaboard this winter, closing roads and airports, I had to regretfully forgo the opportunity to go skiing on Fifth Avenue and make my way to the Caribbean. I normally never send postcards when on a working trip - and any IRS people who have smuggled themselves in among the IR people, please note that I never make any other kind. But this time I broke with my normal churlish habits and sent lots of postcards, all featuring palm trees and sunny beaches,