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In many ways, having a January birthday is a good thing: when winter seems long and holiday merriment has fizzled, you have this day that...

There is a sense of urgency. Funny, on a Friday people like to slow down. We can't: put away thoughts of a slower pace. Today we rush. ...

We linger in bed in the morning, reading whatever it is each of us reads upon waking up. Something seems off. Hear that? I ask Ed. Ummm ...

Yawn! Sleepy eyes! I should nap. It was a throw away night: Ed had a nightmare that lasted a very long time, or at least he kept returnin...

New stuff: Ed doesn't like it, I try to steer clear of it. And if new stuff comes in (say at Christmas time), I make sure that some old...

If there is a winter normal, then we are close to it again. For one thing, Ed is sleeping in the hours people usually reserve for sleeping,...

Winter: it ushers in important celebration days, one after the next. We have names for them all of course -- but at the core, they honor th...