Cold moon over Maine

 

''Moonrise, Penobscot Bay'' (photo), by JIM NICKELSON, in his "Adventures in Celestial Mechanics'' show at Maine Media Gallery through March 1.

Have activities been even more difficult and frustrating to plan this winter than most? Or is it that life has become that much more complicated anyway, and a larger percentage of population is old and thus less able to deal with the seasonal mess?