School starts up again Monday. I always look forward to January. I think it is one of my favorite months. It feels so quiet and uncluttered. It's also one of my favorite months to hike. However, just like last year, I am starting it out a bit under the weather, but I’ve got Pip by my side, two books I’m part way through (Coventry by Rachel Cusk, Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker), and another that I’m listening to (Robin Wall Kimmerer’s Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses).