Now The Thaw

The knot has finally loosened. The ice throttled timely commerce in our neck of the woods for a pair of days. my work continued, if only barely. I did finish the Szerb Thursday night. I enjoyed the novel, although it didn't live up to its ravishing beginning but it was impressive without doubt.

It has been a ponderous morning. The weather cancelled the Premiere League schedule for the entire weekend. I have thought a bit about my reading this past year, though after the agony and indulgence of compiling best of decade lists, I think I can only manage that this has been the season of Balzac, one which I hope lingers.