Haiku for the week

Darkness inside grows

Dread inertia grips the soul

At least the sky is blue

My seasonal doldrums are setting in early this year. The short hours of daylight usually afflict me with a paralysing depression for much of December and January - but it's not even December yet, dammit!

And it's looking like today might be the first time the daytime temperature fails to break above freezing. With the wind whipping down straight out of the north, it certainly feels well below freezing.