Crisp, cold days. Cozy, crackling fires. Hot chocolate and a good book while snuggled under an impossibly soft blanket. January always makes me want to stay home, make a pot of warm soup and homemade bread and just be cozy and content.
I always read through Lynn Kurland’s ‘Nine Kingdoms’ series every winter and rediscover why I love them so much. Miach is one of my all-time favorite heroes and I love to settle back and drop back into a world I’d love to visit if it were a real place. I always close the last page of the final (as of now) book with a mixture of happy sighs and sadness that there’s not more to read yet. That to me is the mark of a great book-when it stays with you long after you’ve put it back on the shelf. I hope my own books resonate the same way with those who read them.
After the whirl of the holidays (which I adore), January presents itself with new opportunities. A chance to ponder the past year and make plans for the new one ahead. It always feels like everything’s fresh and new, with unlimited possibilities. There’s still craziness happening out in the world, but winter gives us the chance to just sit for a while, curled up in a comfy chair and dreaming of what ‘could be’ in the coming months.
I wish you moments of peace, quiet evenings with a favorite book in hand and many ‘possibilities’ coming true this year.