Bleak Midwinter...

I am nursing a seemingly endless, mild cold. It is freezing out. The house looks bare without Christmas decorations. And... I don't feel like doing anything except reading. It's a good thing I need to finish Atlas Shrugged in the next two weeks- the perfect excuse to curl up in front of the fire. (It is quite a book-I am reserving comment until I am finished reading and pondering...)