It's COLD!!!

It's getting colder in our apartment as autumn blows through. What is annoying is our apartment's one distinct deficiency: electric heat. I've been warned that electric heating bills can top $300. So we've been wearing more clothes. Impressively the thermometer on Meg's alarm clock -an unusual feature to be sure- reads 61 degrees Fahrenheit the 30 degree nights. That's "warm" enough for right now; however, when we should turn the heat on is still uncertain.
Gripping a pencil is uncomfortable in the cold weather. That's not a bad thing. I'm more aware of my hands, more conscious of what I do, more eager to draw. My drawing commission is emerging that much faster as a result. And once that is done I will be onto another commission, one that means more to me.