[Pagan]

There is something cheerful about lights on cold, dark days and nights. Something almost magic. Add snow, and it is even sweeter. Right now, it is just cold, dark, rainy, and gloomy. Nearly 3pm and it is twilight already. The window in front of my desk looks out on two row houses (rivitalo .. no real word for these in English. It's a row of small single story apartment-type housing all connected. They each have a tiny parcel of yard to go with.) Neither one of these has any lights or even much activity. So, my daily view.. dark, gloomy.. wet. Not much to cheer about.