The Sunshine That Was Defeating Me Last Night

Deep winter was a time of needs must and my needs in these weeks and months were small and simple. Good, hearty food, full nights of sleep, walks in the cold air, books, so many books, and sunshine. We'd had a week or more of thick, low clouds, and with the days still being rather short, i was feeling the short fall of brightness inside me. I juiced a pitcherful of citrus fruits, naval oranges, mandarins, uzos and tart lemons, and drank it from a fancy as i served frozen drinks in during the summer. And when i woke up to day, i found that while we had four or five fresh inches of