This is the time of year when the hit counter goes berserk as folks access my story about a Christmas-time encounter with the legendary singer-songwriter, Mel Tormé. It took place at Farmers Market (seen above) and you can read the piece at this page of my site. You can also find it on quite a few other sites where folks have copied it without my permission, including one guy who introduced it as if it had happened to him. For some, Christmas is a time of taking.