South of the South

It may only be mid-January, but today will go down as one of the coldest days of the year. Cold weather in the northeast or northwest always seem to have bleak, depressing connotations: biting wind; a never-ending gray blanket over the sky. Loneliness. Not so in the south - it seems the colder it gets here, the brighter it gets. Almost as if the sun is on your side. Aware that if he doesn’t show up, things could get bad. Try to feel sorry for yourself while staring out over a brightly reflected body of water here. It’s not gonna happen.