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For my wife, a happy monthly anniversary as we sit on the cusp of the shortest day of the year, when the darkness is at its greatest. But it’s the depth of the winter abyss. Everything after is more light and eventually more warmth. It’s another winter we are spending away from loved ones, away from America. It’s our third in Europe, our second in Scandinavia, and our first with just one cat.  I hope you are happy. I hope the darkness and the renewed COVID restrictions doesn’t make you feel boxed in. I hope another Christmas away from your family don’t make you alone and unloved. No one should feel that, especially this time of year, and especially you. I love you.