John Brown Spiers

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John Brown Spiers is a former academic and lifelong overthinker. He’s written many short things and abandoned many long ones. He grew up in the Midwest, currently lives in the South, and would get lost in a different forest every day if he could. He is trying very hard.

Worst to Best: Days of January

January is long. January is cold. January is also something of a let-down. The best holiday is the first day of the month; after that, depending on where you live, you’ve either got a cold gray slog or a lukewarm gray slog to trudge through. There are good days tucked into January’s nooks and jagged crannies, but you’ll have to…