Today, I took in:

Susan Cooper’s novel The Dark is Rising (a classic YA fantasy I’d somehow never even heard of, let alone read, and perfect for this time of year as it’s set between Midwinter and Twelfth Night — so far I’m really enjoying it)

James Blake’s album The Colour in Anything (some good tracks but overall uneven)

Julie Byrne’s album Not Even Happiness (lovely songs sung in a lovely voice)

Ernest Hemingway’s “My Old Man” in 100 Years of the Best American Short Stories

The Doctor Who Christmas special (byeeeee Mark Gatiss and Stephan Moffat, you’ve definitely overstayed your welcome)

An episode of Godless (not inclined to watch any more of that)

I made:

some headway practicing 10 minutes of Spanish on Duolingo

the start of a poem (not a good one, but my first in nearly a year and therefore a good start)