A thought for your day, with my good wishes to all and Hanukkah sameach! to those who mark the Festival of LIghts …

Snow isn’t just pretty. It also cleanses our world and our senses, not just of the soot and grime of a Fife mining town but also of a kind of weary familiarity, a taken-for-granted quality to which our eyes are all too susceptible.

― John Burnside