Hunkering Down

January is the longest month of the year. By “longest,” I mean it’s cold, dark, and 31 days (compared to February’s 28, or 29 during leap years).

For active types, remaining engaged becomes a challenge. Running outside, biking on the frozen roadways, and other outdoor activities conducive to warmer temperatures get put on hold.

It is true that you can substitute cross-country skiing and snowshoeing for running, which is great when the snow begins piling up.

January is also a good month for hunkering down.

Peddling, but not going anywhere.

Peddling, but not going anywhere.

I’ve put my road bike on the indoor trainer in the basement. The beer fridge is well-stocked, and I’ll be making comfort foods like homemade granola, and an ethnic favorite of mine, sauerkraut.

It’s also a good month for getting a jump start on 2015’s reading.

A couple more random tidbits about January:

  • The month’s zodiac signs are Capricorn (December 22 – January 19) and Aquarius (January 20 – February 18), which happens to be mine.
  • Thomas Paine’s Common Sense was published on January 10, 1776 (the colonists waited for warmer weather before acting on Paine’s prescription, however).
  • January is also National Soup Month, which seems fitting.
January is for comfort foods, like granola.

January is for comfort foods, like granola.

...and a well-stocked beer cooler, too!

…and a well-stocked beer cooler, too!

2 thoughts on “Hunkering Down

    • You are hawk-eyed when it comes to beer, Kate.

      That Bootleg’s been sitting there since before Christmas (and probably before that). Too many pils, Notch sessions, and then, my hockey season fave lawnmower beer, Molson Canadian. I’ll drink the Bootleg with my sauerkraut and pork roast, which reminds me, now that I made granola, I need to put up a crock of ‘kraut.

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