Wednesday, 11 March 2015

The Non-Facebook Post #14

So, turns out if you follow a regulated, disciplined, morning-lark lifestlye, DST's end in March can be brutal to adjust to, absolutely brutal.

The late-night owl 'sleeping late but waking up early to rush to work anyway' sort of schedule lets you adapt to the end of DST far easier.

Monday, 9 March 2015

The Non-Facebook Post #12

I love Spring evenings! Like today's. Where the sun is low in the horizon and washing the landscape in a soft radiant orange. That great big ball of luminescence is  visible through tree branches that are waiting to come alive, green.
You've written about this mellow golden-yellow twitlight countless times, and yet you feel you can write about it every time the world transforms into a swathe of sunset hues - dance in it, rejoice in the beauty enveloping you, get lost in your thoughts in the serene calmness that descends with the atmosphere that's set up and wish dream with the promise of a brighter season ahead.

The Non-Facebook Post #11

"Don't avoid the burn. Feel the burn." - my pilates instructor in exercise class this evening.  That's true for life as well. Feel the burn, go through it, wait for the cold harsh winter to melt into a sunny promising spring. 

The Non-Facebook Post #10

It's a brave new WARM world! And, I've stepped out, boldly once again, without at least 4 layers of my 7-layered winter clothing!
It's Spring!
But here's trying to grasp at some more elusive thought threads as they flit through my mind and threaten to vanish like wisps of smoke dissolving into nothingness.

Experiencing seasons from inside of a car. Experiencing temporality through the lens of owning and driving a vehicle. 

Last Spring brought me the liberating feeling of being able to walk out to the laundry room in my apartment complex without first armouring myself in winter gear. This Spring, it's liberating to not have my fingers freeze to numbness while I'm holding the gas nozzle and refuellling my car. Winter afternoons made for perfect driving visibility - no bright glare reflecting off of windscreens and asphalt,  not so dark that headlights would not be able to handle. Spring days come with bright sun shining off of every surface it can, blinding you a bit as you try to drive in the warm glow.

Saturday, 7 March 2015

The Non-Facebook Post #9

The 'I' post.

I have emotional fortitude.
I have confidence in me and emotional fortitude.
I have things to do, places to go, dreams to achieve.
I have to be at the top of my game.
I have to be the smartest version of my pea-brain self.
I have miles to go before I sleep.

I will have my dreams.

Blessings, Magic and Beauty

  As I lay here in a darkened bedroom with my little fairy sleeping on me, my mind wanders to this time last year and the months that follow...