I apologize for returning to the subject of New Year’s ice baths in frozen rivers.  But the Greek Orthodox calendar affords us the opportunity to visit all these themes again, and the look on the lady’s face in this photograph by  Maxim Shipenkov of the EPA,  showing people queuing up for the plunge in celebration of the Epiphany Orthodox holiday in Moscow, Russia,is just to wonderful to ignore. The boy behind her is, of course nonplussed by the icy dip – ah the benefits of youth! The bottom line, no matter what a vigorous race, is that people really need to stop all this ice diving – really not so good for the heart!