anemic
It's a major shopping avenue, and on normal years it would be teeming with people and sparkling with lights and sensational window displays. Now, only one store looks festive. The rest are subdued. It's a pallid celebration.
colder
There are no more turtles in the pond. Only dark, frosty water with ducks.
insights
Increasingly, we talk about interesting lectures he's heard on different Jewish topics. Familiar texts still have a great deal in them that we haven't explored and considered.
riverbank
A walk by the river: joggers, people with strollers and dogs, and, yet again, dead fish glistening belly-up in the water. Later in the week, a milky fog swallows up the river, and the fish are gone.
roly-poly
This is the season of fattening. Of cold and carbs and holiday treats.
seethes
She doesn't realize that the venom of her jealousy keeps them at a distance.
utilize
Minding the gaps: I want to make better use of gaps in my schedule, like the hour between two meetings. What "better use" means would vary from one day to another: answering emails, doing some research, closing my eyes for a short while.
