winter blues

Ice floats in the Hudson River. View of New Jersey from the front of the building.

Indoor activities seem preferable to those outdoors.

Getting antsy. Ready for spring. I guess I'm not the only one. My spring fever takes the form of home improvement. I'm thinking about the three houses that have to be opened up—the railings that need to be repaired, the plumbing fixed, the floors polyurethaned. Obviously, I've been balked at the starting gate. So I began urethaning here in New York. The weather was mild enough yesterday that I could leave the windows open. But today: Back into the freezer.