... and I'll use it if I want to, even if it is still November.

Today's playlist is: Silence.

Silence is all I hear today. The past few weeks have been a cacophony of talk, email, words without end, music. Today, though I cock my ear to hear a voice, there is only... silence. I don't like it. I'm not used to it. Though I may complain from time to time about the noise, I prefer it to the loneliness of silence. The silence allows the thoughts to come and go at will; allows the demons to come play, tiptoeing through the wreckage.

With the holidays on the horizon, people are busy. I, too, have been putting in the hours to close the year out. But that has contributed to the general background din. Today is too quiet, with everyone else shouldering their own burdens, and me with a bit of down-time.

So to the Ladies, and to the others (you know who you are) who generally provide the email to-and-fro throughout my day: I miss you. I hope you're catching up, and that you'll be back soon.