It’s winter in the Pacific Northwest, and we’re in a post-holidays lull here on the Olympic Peninsula. It’s time to settle in for a cozy spell, and enjoy the winter season. In fact, one of the benefits of living in an area which experiences the different seasons is the variety it adds to life. Sure, some people prefer to live where it’s always sunny and 72 degrees outside, but after a while I think I’d be bored. I like the changing of the seasons, the differing weather patterns, and the opportunity to indulge in seasonal activities.

Winter in western Washington is the perfect time to brew a cup of tea (or coffee … this is the land of Starbucks, after all) and cozy up to the fire with a good book to read, or movie to watch. It’s the time to learn to knit, or quilt, or to plan your spring garden. It’s also a great time to play some board games with your family, put together a puzzle, take some great photographs, or write that great American novel that’s been kicking around in your head.

As the English poet, William Cowper, once wrote:

O Winter! ruler of the inverted year …
I crown thee king of intimate delights,
Fireside enjoyments, home-born happiness,
And all the comforts that the lowly roof
Of undisturb’d Retirement, and the hours
Of long uninterrupted evening, know.

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