It’s early, and I sit here with a mug of coffee. Breakfast is a recent memory. Aside from the sound of keys on my Macbook, there is no other sound in the house. I chalk that up to the time of day, the extra insulation on the house silencing outside noises, and the peaceful tranquillity I fleetingly obtain when putting fingers to keyboard.

On the subject of breakfast. It’s been strange not having Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy at my side these last few days. I finished reading it, again, on the weekend, and have now moved onto a stack of other periodicals that have accumulated in the meantime. I love the book, but the ending always leaves me unfulfilled. Call me a sucker, but I like happy endings when I read. Maybe the idea of a happy ending in a book leaves me with the belief that it is possible elsewhere. Arthur Dent really gets a raw deal, first losing Fenchurch to some strange probability paradox, and then, well … let’s just say that things at the Stavromula Beta nightclub don’t work out.

It has been very cold here, these last few days. I suppose I should expect this, since it is the middle of winter and this is Eastern Canada. Still, it comes as a bit of a shock since we’ve had a relatively easy go at it so far. I relish the challenge, getting out in it each day. Sometimes willingly, other days, well… not so much. I am participating in a photography challenge this month, an ‘image a day, every day’, which has provided great incentive. Today is Groundhog Day, but judging by how amazingly clear the moon looks right now, I doubt that we will get off easy. For those Facebook friends reading this, the February images will end up on Facebook after the challenge is done.

Because of the photo challenge, the post for this track is Shutterbug, by Veruca Salt. I’ve been a big fan of theirs for a long time now. Great stuff.