So many dark hours

[mrissa]

It's that time of year again: time for the lussekatter. Time to light the candles and sing the songs and punch the living hell out of that beautiful golden dough; time to inhale the scent of yeast and saffron and hope in darkness

Comments

[zalena]

I guess you'll be having lussecrackers.

[mrissa]

Ewwwwwww! Hee. No, see the new entry this morning.

[mrissa]

Thank you for this.

[elisem]

Oh, nice! As is mrissa's post. Very, both of them.

[aszanoni]

Wow. Very pretty!

Lady, I admire your poetic skill. I wish I had a goblet to give you, or a ring. They seem the right tribute, especially in midwinter's darkness.

Chica*---

[aszanoni]

-nods- Seeking after balance and harmony. I'm finding myself rereading Tony Hillerman books, and that thought caught at me last night also.

You say it far better than do I, M'ris.

Peace.

Chica*---

(And I'm happy there was a change today for you.)

[swan_tower]

Thanks for posting this. In an unexpected way, you helped me.

See, one of my personal traditions, for several years now, is that I spend the solstice night reading quietly by candlelight. Except that this year I will already be out of town come the solstice, and in a place where I cannot perpetuate that tradition. And that was making me very sad.

Your post prompted me to do it on Santa Lucia's Night instead. It actually used to be the solstice, before the Gregorian calendar reform, or so Wikipedia tells me, and anyway it has the kind of associations that make it a suitable replacement night, rather than a random one. So I had a lovely evening with my books and my candles and my music, and it's all because you reminded me of this holiday.

So thank you.

[mrissa]

I'm so glad that worked out for you! That sounds like a wonderful holiday compromise to me.