Just under three weeks until spring. We are still inundated by snow and cold, but somehow, we have managed to have an abundance of sunlight each day, which makes a huge difference. I sit here, at five o'clock, the light still full on the living room wall, and think, contentedly, of warm days ahead, watching the light at this time sitting on the front porch instead of inside,feeling the heat bake my back, anticipating the evening's birdsong and cicadas.