Bridging the Gap

There's something about this time of year that gets to me. Some of it, is the fact that the house looks so empty after the added cozyness that naturally comes with all the assorted Christmas decorations. Some of it, I suppose is the downward turn of the temperatures (which never got above 26 here yesterday). And some of it, too, I believe is this mindset we all seem to have that life is going to suddenly be differerent just because there's a new year on the calendar.

For me, I find myself...