January is/has been full of busy-ness and hard work. Which also means it’s been full of opportunity, but right now all that opportunity is manifesting in work. That seems to be the key step between opportunity and accomplishment. I have this feeling all of 2009 is going to look like that: opportunity, hard work, and not much space in between. Accomplishment remains to be seen and judged.

Curious about: What is the combination of meteorological factors that makes one snow storm consist of tiny, fast flakes and another consist of slow, fat ones? I have seen some alarmingly giant flakes sail by the window today.

Multitasking accomplishment of the week: Thanks to the wonders of technology, last night I was able to watch figure skating on our big TV, and watch The Lost Weekend on my laptop during the commercials. I haven’t seen that since way before my father died. The movie struck me as even sadder this time, if that’s possible.

From my CD archives: During the last push on this revision, I’ve had the following five CDs on rotation, over and over and over and over – the soundtrack of Man in the Moon (completely instrumental, James Newton Howard); The Story Angel in the House and The Story Grace in Gravity; Sam Phillips Fan Dance; and Badly Drawn Boy-Have You Fed the Fish?

Stay warm…