Today is Blue Monday, the most depressing day of the year. I know this because it says so in all the newspapers.

Today the sky is high, blue and clear, and the sun is the bright with that kind of brightness you only get in winter. The hills and mountains around us are capped in fresh, white snow. The air is sharp and clean.

I’ve got old vinyl spinning on my turntable, green tea steaming in a mug, dark fruit-and-nut chocolate to nibble, and a short story with fourteen (fourteen!) major characters to write.

Today is not depressing.

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