Light Up Your Dark Nights

Dear S.Q. I get dark and cold when the time changes and winter nights roll around. The nest is newly empty and my partner and I are groping with how to connect and jump start fun again. Thoughts?

Dear Dark, Since you’re groping already, just add sparks. Alternate his night to plan, then yours. Subjects can be as wicked as cut-throat Scrabble, gushy as watching a chick-flick, or titillating as dressing up (with kinky underclothes) for homemade candlelight dinner and strip-tease dessert. (On a clinical note, Seasonal Affect Disorder [SAD] is a real thing where some become mildly depressed without light. Don't go for junk remedies, do your research for light therapy lamps. The NY Times, Wirecutter's #1 pick is the Carex Day-Light Elite). -SQ