We watch the deer. They are starving and eating our shrubbery, but it looks like they will make it. We attended a presentation in the deep snowy woods of CT on Sunday. The camp director reported he'd heard a male cardinal singing its territorial song, which meant it was preparing to nest. Spring is coming fast. It's the same for consulting. Charities fade away from December through February. Today, I added Princeton University as a client. Last week, I wrote direct mail for a Catholic school in Kansas City and a hospital in Nova Scotia; the week before that, helped a hospital in Michigan launch a revised donor newsletter; the week before that, spoke to the deans at a Canadian university about their cases for support. We did an "Idol" talent thing. The deans tried out their elevator speeches.