Winter blues

Holiday guests, cold and gray days, short light and long nights all add up to the usual mid-winter slowdown. Sleep sounds appealing when I ought to be working. The good news is that now the solstice has passed, the days get brighter and longer. It just takes time. This morning I woke up early, before dawn, and sat in my living room which was lit only by the single string of Christmas lights around the big front window. It was peaceful, and the glow was just enough to watch the sunrise by. Not a bad start to the new year.