Dark Days of Winter by Rubin the Labradoodle It’s been awhile, I know. I have excuses…Pandemic, moving, lockdown, politics, pandemic politics pandemic politics…but it’s most likely laziness. But today I feel slightly more motivated. Slightly. The dark days are making…

Melancholy, you old friend by Gretchen It’s not often I talk about this, but I have struggled with depression all my life. It almost killed me once, so I am ever alert to the specter of those gray and hopeless…