February 23, 2010 8:56 PM

I am noticing a correlation between sun and an overall sense of well-being. Winters help one to appreciate spring but the winter months seem longer and longer. I remember actually experiencing four distinct seasons in the past and now it seems to be briefly hot and then suddenly cold for what seems like well over half the year. I write this because the chill has been so intense this afternoon that I trembled. My fingers feel like ice as I type this... This house has become drafty. I have not had time or help with caulking all the places that let the cold air in and I am determined to change that and find the time to enjoy my home and my land. And returning to writing an autobiography. And hiking. And trips to the ocean. And rebirth.