Winding Down for Winter
living seasonally, and some recommendations and readings from the archives
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’Tis the season of merriness and goodwill, and also of winding down for the midwinter break, time to spend with family, feast and be festive! I personally struggle with this time of year, the pressures of social festivities when every fibre of my being wants to cosy down and sleep, when the days are short and dark and the extra physical demands of wintering livestock out on the hill add layers of exhaustion onto the end of year fatigue. My ideal winter break is deep hibernation, to re-emerge refreshed and ready for a new season when the buds begin to burst in early spring. The hyper-commercialisation, forced outward splurging and artificial light of this season that calls for deep rest, stillness, and retreating into the dark leaves me feeling frazzled, disjointed, discombobulated, and deeply fatigue…
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