http://epiphanygirl.wordpress.com/2008/01/03/the-degree-to-which-we-feel-the-chill/ The new Epiphany Girl can't write yet, so it's up to Epiphany's Mama to tell her story Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:16:51 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://epiphanygirl.wordpress.com/2008/01/03/the-degree-to-which-we-feel-the-chill/#comment-155 gartenfische Tue, 08 Jan 2008 04:11:22 +0000 http://epiphanygirl.wordpress.com/2008/01/03/the-degree-to-which-we-feel-the-chill/#comment-155 I think you are right on about acceptance. For many of us, winter is simply unwanted, unappreciated, unliked (I really disllike being cold). I feel my psyche turning dark along with the shorter days and I don't like that, but perhaps it is a natural part of the cycle. To spend half the year waiting for the weather to change seems foolish. I think you are right on about acceptance. For many of us, winter is simply unwanted, unappreciated, unliked (I really disllike being cold). I feel my psyche turning dark along with the shorter days and I don’t like that, but perhaps it is a natural part of the cycle. To spend half the year waiting for the weather to change seems foolish.

]]> http://epiphanygirl.wordpress.com/2008/01/03/the-degree-to-which-we-feel-the-chill/#comment-152 girlwhocriedepiphany Tue, 08 Jan 2008 01:05:36 +0000 http://epiphanygirl.wordpress.com/2008/01/03/the-degree-to-which-we-feel-the-chill/#comment-152 I am unique in that I can swear my brain functions better in the cold. I think it is at least in part that I am free of the tyrannical sunshine that taunts me in my grandmother's voice, calling me a housecat and inciting me to go out and play. I applaud you for recognizing what you need and what climate you were built for. After all, cold is not necessarily a fact of human existence - it is just a fact that we northern types have had to craft stories around and venerate as necessary slumber lest we go mad mourning the flight of the spring. I am unique in that I can swear my brain functions better in the cold. I think it is at least in part that I am free of the tyrannical sunshine that taunts me in my grandmother’s voice, calling me a housecat and inciting me to go out and play.
I applaud you for recognizing what you need and what climate you were built for. After all, cold is not necessarily a fact of human existence – it is just a fact that we northern types have had to craft stories around and venerate as necessary slumber lest we go mad mourning the flight of the spring.

]]> http://epiphanygirl.wordpress.com/2008/01/03/the-degree-to-which-we-feel-the-chill/#comment-148 painter of blue Sat, 05 Jan 2008 19:36:11 +0000 http://epiphanygirl.wordpress.com/2008/01/03/the-degree-to-which-we-feel-the-chill/#comment-148 I struggle like mad with accepting winter. Physically it harms me, brings me pain. Mentally the darkening days makes me grouchy. I feel the beauty and necessity of winter as part of the cycle of life. But its a question of degree. How hard does it have to be? And just this week, my family & I have decided to move to warmer ground... I struggle like mad with accepting winter. Physically it harms me, brings me pain. Mentally the darkening days makes me grouchy. I feel the beauty and necessity of winter as part of the cycle of life. But its a question of degree. How hard does it have to be? And just this week, my family & I have decided to move to warmer ground…

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