Black and White and Read All Over: Summer in the sun, winter in the shade

Mr. Charles Dickens, English author of a string of novels ranging from the exploits of Oliver Twist and David Copperfield to my personal favorite, Ebenezer Scrooge, must have been a bit of a poet too, for it was he who was credited as saying, “Spring is the time of the year when it’s summer in the sun and winter in the shade.” And isn’t that the truth?It’s becoming a bit of a problem just knowing…