Mood seems to change with season, like as if we still wax and wane with the annual cycle of life. In the summer we become hardier and further-reaching. In winter, more tired and tender. Would death rates vary by season disproportionately to seasonal birth distribution? The weariness of winter may be conducive. Rather, winter is rounding the bend and seven inches of snow are expected tomorrow. Is this where fatigue comes from–the cold? One is told, if buried in an avalanche, you must stay awake: in slumber comes death. Snow drifts come off some mountains of the mind and one falls away to sleep...