Winter Mondays

Its not an ordinary mist out there today, its more of a sea-mist. Sharp, ozone smell and bitingly cold droplets from the ocean just over the downs make for red cheeks and cold hands. Indoors feels so much more welcoming when the sky is a uniform lid of steel, especially now that the Christmas trees are up and the fires are lit.  All our winter totems are up and out earlier this year of pandemic.

At this end of the year daylight hours are minimal, but we can count the days until we can say 'the nights are drawing out again' even though a good few weeks will pass until we can really see the light return.  So with these long evenings beginning at mid-afternoon, its good to get outside and feel the light on our faces along with the salty sting.  

The moon became full as we walked this morning, just a couple of hours earlier there was a lunar eclipse. Even if we hadn't been inside a raincloud the eclipse wouldn't have been visible to the naked eye, happening as it did whilst the moon herself was setting.  A syzygy, a straight-line configuration of three celestial bodies, kicked the week off.  What a wonderful word, pronounced 'scissor-gee'.

These celestial events may or may not have a bearing upon us all here on earth, but how wonderful it is to have the time to contemplate them. I was buzzing with extra energy last night and this morning, and several friends were either the same, or somewhat over-wrought. It would be remarkable if we couldn't feel the influence of the moon really, considering what she does to the tides. 

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