“If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.”
- Anne Bradstreet, British poet
It’s that time of the year again. Especially for those of us not fortunate enough to live in warmer climes- the winter is coming. As we all know, along with the season comes shorter days and longer nights. Some of us may never even get to see the sun on the majority of our workdays, getting to work before it...
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