Winter

They said the sun would rise at 7:45 this morning. It's now 9:45 and it's getting light for the first time today - it's been raining very heavily since early morning. The kind of day when you just don't want to get out of bed, but have to. I'd like to send a petition to my son's school that they leave off starting at 7:30 in winter and go for an hour later!

Yesterday was similar - up on the mountain slopes we were drenched, while we could see clear skies down at the seashore. We spent the entire day plonked in front of 5 videos. Square-eyes supreme.

In modern times it's easy to throw a light switch and extend your day by as many hours as you need/want to. Sometimes we forget that the planet has rythms that we would do well not to ignore. That winter is a time for extra rest during the extra dark hours. A time for cocooning and letting the body and soul rejuvinate. So that when Spring arrives we're as bursting with life as the world around us.

::update::
Wouldn't you know it. Mean Mr Sun has decided to brightly pop in at just the moment he usually hits my screen - obliterating all view of what's on it. He'll probably go back to bed once his path has passed that critical point when I can see stuff on the monitor again....

Maybe there's a rythm in this that I should pay attention to too - time to take a break from square-eyeing myself, notice the world beyond my office and stand up for a stretch.