approaching the abyss

It is almost the middle of January.  I hate this time of year.  People move about less, there is less demand for almost everything and the pace of life in general slows to a crawl.  The motto her on the NCR is to embrace winter, but the ski slopes are barely open, most lakes feature thin or no ice and the forecast for the weekend is sleet and rain.   Vegetable prices are sky high in the stores, but falling fast in the growing area as everyone on the retail side tries to make up for previous weeks' high prices.  It's a recipe for gloom and doom.  I wonder if this weather influences the peoples' choice in the upcoming primaries for the presidential nomination.   The relentlessly downbeat campaigns by most of the republican field mirror the depressing weather.  Meanwhile, Bernie is trying to sell revolution and Hillary is trying to catch up.  Wake me up when spring comes....