It’s because I’m a Vata and I go out of balance in the winter, but now I know how to prep so I don’t get sick or itch or eat all the cookies. I now operate like an enlightened squirrel stowing away oil, and soup, and socks, so I can ride out the winter without the icks.
Category: Winter
Winterlude 2024
It starts now. I've gotten myself unpacked, and I've made the best of this beautiful but totally not functional Airbnb in Ithaca.. I'll be here for the next three days. I've brought all my journals from the past year and I'm going to do a year-end review of my hits and misses, wins and losses, … Continue reading Winterlude 2024
You Are Where You Shop
When we go into a store: a candy store, a hardware store, an art supply store, a music store, a bookstore, and we feel that deep connection to the stuff for sale there, we know we are with our things; that one of our selves knows about this place, uses this stuff, and shops here regularly.
Winterlude: How To Negotiate This Weird Week Between Christmas and New Year’s
My sole intention for this week was to live for four days like an animal: sleep when tired, eat when hungry, track any random ideas, patrol the outside environment at least once a day, and stay minimally connected to any static on the internet.
The Yoga of Creating Space
Today is Groundhog Day. It’s the day when a hibernating animal sticks its nose out of its hole to assess the situation. Should I go back to sleep? Or do I need to get up and start getting my shit together? Shadow, no shadow, there are always six more weeks of winter, but that’s fine. … Continue reading The Yoga of Creating Space
The Top 10 Reasons I Am Grateful It Is Still Winter in March
The robins are back. The redwing blackbirds returned today. But there is still snow on the ground, and I am still wearing my down coat, and down gloves, and a wool hat. The temps are not going above 40 degrees for the foreseeable future. The lake is still frozen. Everyone is talking about it. Everyone … Continue reading The Top 10 Reasons I Am Grateful It Is Still Winter in March
Spring break, Day 1. Boomer and I adjust.
G headed to Wilmington, North Carolina this morning with her team to try to play softball. Today is also her birthday. (She is 47 today. Happy Birthday, honey!) She almost always spends her birthday on the road with her team. She'll be home by St. Patrick's Day though, and then we'll celebrate her birthday in … Continue reading Spring break, Day 1. Boomer and I adjust.
How I am surviving this hellish winter
This has been a very long winter. But surprisingly, I am okay. I am not great, but I am fine. On a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being overjoyed and 1 being suicidal, I have maintained a solid 7 all winter. This is huge. (This is weird.) This is what has helped. Vitamin … Continue reading How I am surviving this hellish winter
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