New year grinding onwards

This dimly lit time of year can make it difficult to get traction. It's literally too soggy to do so, unless one is a snow sports enthusiast, which has a high price tag around here. Small increments will have to be willed. Less food, more walking.
Once again, from the thoughts of an Iris Murdoch character: "Human happiness is rarely in the best of circumstances without shadows, and an almost pure happiness can be a terror to itself."