We find ourselves in the perverse position of wishing for raw, freezing weather.

Sports here got off to a stuttery start last year at this time, and I’m hoping this dreary virus doesn’t eat again into one of my life’s chief joys, which is rooting animatedly for the home, sweet home team.

In the last few weeks of 2021, my body put a stop to overtasking and sent me to the corner to think about what I’d done.