A Denise's Christmas Cookie sits on a plate to my right, and a coffee mug to my left... Boxing Day 2024. The digital mercury pulls down below the 10 degree Celsius mark and I'm feeling gratitude for the underfloor heating my little house has in the living / dining room area where my fingers tap out this missive. Out the window across the room, gray from the sky casts a cozy winter feel across the neighborhood. A few trees growing on the mountainside across the river valley to the east cling t...