My physical therapist has been after me for weeks to fix my posture.

"Stop looking down," she tells me. "Look up."

So on my walk this morning, I tried.

I've walked the same neighborhood for years. ...

What happens when everyone gets tired, around this time of year?  What happens in families and what happens in schools?

I think this is a question we never really look at in full.   It is winter in t...