yesvember

      Ack! November! Zero sunshine, low cloud, no light, no shadow, no photos. Wait. There's a poem somewhere about this ... I'll be back ....

      Ahem.

No!

No sun - no moon!
No morn - no noon!
No dawn - no dusk - no proper time of day -
No sky - no earthly view -
No distance looking blue -
No road - no street - no "t'other side this way" -
No end to any Row -
No indications where the Crescents go -
No top to any steeple -
No recognitions of familiar people -
No courtesies for showing 'em -
No knowing 'em!
No traveling at all - no locomotion -
No inkling of the way - no notion -
"No go" by land or ocean -
No mail - no post -
No news from any foreign coast -
No Park, no Ring, no afternoon gentility -
No company - no nobility -
No warmth, no cheerfulness, no healthful ease,
No comfortable feel in any member -
No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees,
No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds-
November!

Thomas Hood

      I used to be strong. I used to not care. But now all this grey really gets to me. So help me out here. What do you do to bring in the sunshine? And please, don't let it be hot chocolate, hot baths, or candles because a hundred to one I prefer chocolate milk, cool showers and bonfires. (Demanding missus, ain't she!) I've been colouring and drawing a little every day because I've found sloshing ridiculous colours onto white paper is a great un-sedative. But one can only colour so much in a day.