March 15 and we’d just had a major (15 inches) snow storm. The sun had just about gone down, and I was sitting at the computer, occasionally lifting my head and looking out across the lake, when I noticed a light in one of the houses on the other side of the lake. Because of the snow and the increasing darkness all around it was dark and somewhat monochromatic – except for the warmth coming from the light. I was immediately taken by the contrast. It made me feel, that despite the cold and the snow there was “light at the end of the tunnel” and that Spring was not far away.