Daylight Saving is over. It’s time to start spending. More electricity, more body heat, more prayer. Time to summon all my resources for the dark season ahead, the long hours indoors with small children. Soon night will begin at 4 pm, that dark like a window slamming shut. When I was in college, “falling back” [...]
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Welcome Darkness
November 19th, 2009 No Comments
Tags: antidepressants · daylight saving time · depression · SAD
The Dark Season
October 18th, 2009 1 Comment
Give me October in Vermont and I’ll give you apple-picking, leaf-raking, and blazing orange-red hills. I’ll also give you 35 degrees and raining. This morning I manhandled A. into her winter parka and physically pushed her out the door. She was refusing to go outside due to the cold, and I was having an [...]
Tags: daylight saving time · Parenting · preschooler · winter