A day to say 'Cheese!'

I don't know where you were on Jan 20, but I can tell you where I was: at a Jenny Lou's market in Beijing, with my nose pressed firmly against the bright glass of the cheese cooler.

I couldn't smell a thing, really, but I inhaled mightily with the same pleasure I'd feel later when the chunk of Camembert before my eyes was safely home.

Jan 20, in case you don't know, is National Cheese Day in my home country, the USA. To be honest, I lived there for more than 50 years without knowing such a day existed.