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Light In The Dark

The unceasing tumult of insane happenings continue rolling in, like a relentless pounding of waves threatening to drown us all. It’s enough to make you look for even the slightest glimmer of light in the darkness.

I’m not sure such a glimmer exists. To my way of thinking what’s happening can only continue to get worse until something, anything breaks in a way that no one is going to be able to control. It’s wretched enough that I find myself hoping that happens each morning.

The history of humankind proves that however this reaches a conclusion, that climax and its denouement will make its crescendo seem almost palpably tame by comparison. And, as we’ve proven and continue to prove, we’re certainly no smarter and no better than those who’ve screwed things up in the past.

Sorry for the bleakness. But it’s how I’m feeling things in the middle of this cold, darkening winter. These days reminds me of the first stanza of Christina Rossetti’s poem, originally published in 1872 under the title A Christmas Carol.

In the bleak midwinter
frosty wind made moan,
earth stood hard as iron,
water like a stone:
snow had fallen,
snow on snow, snow on snow,
in the bleak midwinter,
long ago.

Although today does not feel so long ago.

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(image taken by the author)

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𝘚𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘯
𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘺
𝘖𝘧 𝘢 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘵-𝘬𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘯

#frost #winter #InTheBleakMidwinter #carols #StarkBeauty #nature #NaturePhotography #SolaceInNature #haiku #poetry

“𝖳𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗂𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗈𝗅𝗌𝗍𝗂𝖼𝖾, 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝗉𝗈𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗎𝗇, 𝗂𝗍𝗌 𝖼𝗎𝗌𝗉 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗆𝗂𝖽𝗇𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍, 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗒𝖾𝖺𝗋’𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗁𝗈𝗅𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗎𝗇𝗅𝗈𝖼𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀, 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝖺𝗌𝗍 𝗅𝖾𝗍𝗌 𝗀𝗈 𝗈𝖿 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖻𝖾𝖼𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝗎𝗍𝗎𝗋𝖾; 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝗅𝖺𝖼𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝖼𝖺𝗎𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝖻𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗍𝗁, 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝗈𝗈𝗋 𝗈𝖿 𝖺 𝗏𝖺𝗇𝗂𝗌𝗁𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗌𝖾 𝗅𝖾𝖿𝗍 𝖺𝗃𝖺𝗋.” ~ 𝖬𝖺𝗋𝗀𝖺𝗋𝖾𝗍 𝖠𝗍𝗐𝗈𝗈𝖽 (𝘚𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘰 𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵.)

#solstice #WinterSolstice #holidays #Christmas #InTheBleakMidwinter #sunrise #lightstruck #nature #NaturePhotography #SolaceInNature #snow #SimpleThings #QuietJoys #DelightOverDarkness

“𝘐𝑛 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑏𝘭𝑒𝘢𝑘 𝑚𝘪𝑑𝘸𝑖𝘯𝑡𝘦𝑟, 𝘧𝑟𝘰𝑠𝘵𝑦 𝑤𝘪𝑛𝘥 𝘮𝑎𝘥𝑒 𝑚𝘰𝑎𝘯, 𝐸𝘢𝑟𝘵ℎ 𝑠𝘵𝑜𝘰𝑑 ℎ𝘢𝑟𝘥 𝘢𝑠 𝑖𝘳𝑜𝘯, 𝑤𝘢𝑡𝘦𝑟 𝑙𝘪𝑘𝘦 𝘢 𝘴𝑡𝘰𝑛𝘦; 𝑆𝘯𝑜𝘸 𝘩𝑎𝘥 𝘧𝑎𝘭𝑙𝘦𝑛, 𝘴𝑛𝘰𝑤 𝑜𝘯 𝘴𝑛𝘰𝑤, 𝘴𝑛𝘰𝑤 𝑜𝘯 𝘴𝑛𝘰𝑤, 𝘐𝑛 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑏𝘭𝑒𝘢𝑘 𝑚𝘪𝑑𝘸𝑖𝘯𝑡𝘦𝑟, 𝘭𝑜𝘯𝑔 𝑎𝘨𝑜.” ~ Christina Rosetti

#winter #berries #bloomscrolling #flora #FlowerPhotography #frost #nature #NaturePhotography #SolaceInNature #SimpleThings #QuietJoys #Advent #Christmas #InTheBleakMidwinter

Beauty in every season.

#InTheBleakMidwinter #StarkBeauty #milkweed #SolaceInNature #bloomscrolling

“This is the solstice, the still point of the sun, its cusp and midnight, the year’s threshold and unlocking, where the past lets go of and becomes the future; the place of caught breath, the door of a vanished house left ajar.” ~ Margaret Atwood

#ArtAdventCalendar #WinterSolstice #lightstruck #SolaceInNature #InTheBleakMidwinter

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https://blabbermouth.net/news/tarja-turunen-announces-dark-christmas-album

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