This winter, I took the vow:

I really don’t have any control over you. I can’t force you to don mittens. I can’t force you to put on a knitted hat or pull up your hood. I can’t force you to wrap, let alone wear, a scarf around your mouth and nose. I can’t make you do anything.
But please, please, PLEASE:
zip/button/velcro/snap/do [...]

New year, new semester,
new engagement, new direction!
. . . Let’s work through that backwards:
New direction: I’ve re-christened my blog “Through the Spectrum.” I just felt I needed a change — and voila (that makes it sound easy, but it took a long, long time to come up with). While brainstorming, the word “color” stood out [...]