Friday, 20 December 2013

That sweet dark heart of the year, and BAH HUMBUG!

Tomorrow will be the winter Solstice, the midway point between Halloween and Ground Hog day, the darkest three months of the year. Garden Guru Elliot Coleman calls this the Persephone months, when nothing grows.

I appreciate it as a time for rest. I love the break from the outdoor work. This is a time for reading, blogging, and playing in the kitchen. While I sleep more and have less energy than in the lighter months I am most emphatically not depressed. I am contentedly hibernating. By February there will be seedlings under grow lights and the busy growing cycle starts all over again. Why should  this treasured quiet time be devoted to frenzied partying and endless social obligations? BAH, HUMBUG!

There are people who are good at this whole decorating and prepping thing. I admire them and wish them well. It is just not my thing. I am clumsy and lack the designer gene. Of course we did the works when the children were home. But these days I  give myself permission to ignore the festivities and enjoy the season in my own low-key way.

Apart from writing a few cards, attending the neighbourhood potluck Solstice and hosting a few friends on the 25th I have completely disengaged from Christmas. The children live a day away. It gives me joy to know they spend this time together. There are excellent reasons why we do not get together at Christmas time, and I am completely fine with that. Who needs the stress of renting a car at peak rates and driving a long distance over snowy roads? I just wish people would stop asking me if they are coming or if we are going there. NO. This does not mean we do not love each other.

And just because, here are seasonal posts from years past.

 http://freegreenliving.blogspot.ca/2007/12/rant-against-rudolf-red-nosed-reindeer.html

 http://freegreenliving.blogspot.ca/2007/11/a-holiday-proposal.html

 http://freegreenliving.blogspot.ca/2007/12/merry-christmas-from-taoist-pagan.html

 http://freegreenliving.blogspot.ca/2011/12/how-our-dutch-family-got-into-english.html
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4 comments:

  1. JBinford-Bell20 December 2013 at 20:18

    I too cherish the solitary this time of year and get a lot of creative work done.

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  2. Ien in the Kootenays20 December 2013 at 20:26

    Nice to hear.

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  3. troutbirder22 December 2013 at 07:47

    Indeed. I'm with you on this len but, naturally, my spouse is of the opposite approach. This makes for some delicate balancing but somehow we manage to both survive....;)

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    1. Ien in the Kootenays22 December 2013 at 12:06

      That would not be much of a problem, is she enjoys doing all the decorating and so on?

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