Dean’s magic hour snapshot of the author at Fairgrounds Park, Hagerstown, Maryland, January 19, 2013.

My winter silhouette resembles Hitchcock’s.

For a few hours, Dean escaped Dean’s version of Dodge City, zipped over the mountains and stopped by for a walk in the park chased by decaf, a bowl of chili, and a slice of pecan pie at Denny’s.

Then bye-bye and back over the mountains to Dodge.

Oh the drama.

But it’s not my drama.

I’m working this week — copy and design on a politics-by-phone buddy’s cloud-based web site (industry: medical equipment and supply).

And I’ll be going out.

But not eating so much.