And Winter Came

I've lost my voice. It's been missing all day. LooseCanon thought he heard it feebly groaning for coffee this morning, when it didn't respond he brought the coffee anyway, because he's kind.
Since then, silence, punctuated only by a hacking cough. So I took my defunct larynx out to one of those big anonymous modern shopping centres. Doesn't matter which one, they're all the same. It's amazing how much you can spend without actually vocally interacting with a human being. So that's me nearly done for Christmas.
Its been a beautiful bright sunny wintery day, and a lovely evening.