A saying from decades ago (my Mom, perhaps repeated it). came to me. It seems apt for this cold evening in the Upper Midwest: “I burn my candles at both ends. It will not last the night. But Oh my foes, and Oh my friends, it makes a lovely light.”
Dr. Larry day is a retired J-School professor turned humor writer. His book, Day Dreaming: Tales From the Fourth Dementia is available for purchase via his website: http://www.daydreaming.co