For comforts, there nothing like goose down.

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Yes, we've enjoyed what only can be described as an ultra-mild winter on Long Island here at the southeastern tip of New York: lots of warm rains, temperate breezes, sunny, springlike days.... You know what that means, though--the last few weeks of the season (and, we're convinced, the early days of spring as well) are sure to bring a big wake-up call from Old Man Winter. While this may silence AI Gore and his bellicose Greenie followers--at least temporarily, we hope--that fact does not help us get through those bonechilling nights when the whole house is rattling from those winds whistling off the icy Atlantic.

We're not concerned, though, since we'll be resting easy beneath a luxuriously soft and fluffy goose down comforter, made-to-order by Plumeria Bay, Birdsview, Wash. While most other down comforters are sitting on a store shelf gathering dust, Plumeria Bay's are custom made with the finest European fabrics and Hungarian and Polish white goose down. Orders ship within one to three business days, and Plumeria Bay offers one of the largest selections of down...