Yule
-
Yule and winter
Winter begins with a solstice. In the Southern Hemisphere, it takes place around June 20 or 21 and marks the longest night and the shortest day of the year. At this moment, the Sun reaches its lowest apparent height in the sky, and darkness lingers longer. But there is a beautiful detail. It is precisely…
-
The wisdom of seasonality
If you follow the texts here, you’ll remember me expressing my feelings about the ponkan. Every time I go to the market and see a ponkan for sale, I feel a small pang in my chest it’s not exactly longing. It’s the strangeness of having to buy a fruit that, during my childhood, simply appeared…