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The day never really dawned, as such. Misty, gray, chilly--it wasn't till about 3:30 that a brush of sun showed on the slopes across the river. And that was short-lived.
The day matched this weird space between Christmas and New Year's--I always find it difficult to feel like it's 'real' time. Instead, it feels like a floating, tenuous non-reality.
I did manage to pay a few bills (there's some reality for you) and write thank you notes, as well as reading a novel Claui gave me for Christmas.
It was a "blind date" novel in a plain brown wrapper, labeled as a thriller. My Darling Girl by Jennifer McMahon turned out to be a riveting read for me, partly because much of it recalled my own experience with a difficult, Jekyll and Hyde sort of mother. (Though, I hasten to add, nothing as disturbing as the novel,)
What begins like a Hallmark movie, devolves into psychological terror. And it left me a little stunned--and, suitable to the day--a bit outside of time.
4 comments:
It sounds like you had a reflective, almost surreal day, especially with the mix of weather and the strange in-between time of the year. Glad to hear the book was such a captivating read, even if a little unsettling. I invite you to read my new blog post: https://www.melodyjacob.com/2024/12/the-dark-side-of-tipping-culture-when-entitlement-turns-deadly.html
You describe this interval well.
I'm feeling as if it's a turning point time. Turning Point is my mantra for the day, anyway. I remember learning about the place on a plant where cells somehow decide to become either root or stem...a true turning point.
In Germany, the period between Christmas and New Years is called "between the years" - it has historical roots, but I find it a good description of these particular days:
" It is easy to forget the artificiality of calendars and human time-keeping, and how for centuries the new year did not even begin on January 1. Depending on where and when you were living, at various times the calendar year began on December 24/25, March 1, March 25, September 1, January 1, or January 6. Although Pope Gregory XIII introduced the Gregorian calendar in 1582 (the Julian calendar was already a full 10 days out of synch), it was 1691 before Pope Innocent XII declared that the calendar year would begin on the first day of January, eliminating the between-the-years period from December 25 (the old date) until January 1 (the new date)."
https://www.german-way.com/history-and-culture/holidays-and-celebrations/silvester-new-years-eve-germany/zwischen-den-jahren-between-the-years-between-christmas-and-the-new-year/
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