Outer Darkness

I ask myself every year about this time: why don't I live in San Diego?

Winter can be fun for awhile: it's new and it's the holidays. You don't so much mind the snow (though the traffic is often a bitch) because everything looks like a Currier & Ives.

Once New Year's is over, however, reality returns: cold, dark, snow, ice, and wind that cuts to the proverbial bone.

One of my favorite meditation books is based on the seasons of nature. A phrase I particularly like: "Outer darkness calls for nourishment within."

A time to take our cue from the world around us. A time to slow down and hunker down. A time to reflect, to go within.

But I think I'm also gonna go to Florida.