Environmental Lapse

Bound to the card table for 3 days by demanding and intriguing research. The outdoors have become foreign. Is it the cold? Or is it the hermit calling we all feel at this time of the year. "What kind of wildlife did everyone see over break" he asked in a compelling tone. My computer screen, I thought, slumping further down in my chair. Something like shame overcame my body when I realized just how much I had neglected the most loyal solitude. Perhaps there is a psychological tie to my equally neglectful attitude towards my blog for the past few days... Ugh.