The Last of the Long Decembers

I have been suffering from an insufficiency of wist lately. I haven’t been entirely without wist, but I’ve been far closer to wist-empty than wistful. That has been to both of our detriments. I apologize for that.

At this point, I just run a certain way. Cars that have been around as long as I have require a steady supply of fluids to function, and appar…