It's so close, yet so far. Tonight I have to pack for my little vacation in Salt Spring, which I'm hoping will allow enough time and weather moderate enough for some great picture taking. I'll only be gone for a few days so in an effort to travel light(er) I have decided to leave the computer at home. I'm already lugging around five thousand pounds of photo equipment so why bother with a computer especially since I will not have access to high speed internet. I will be entirely without my umbilical cord. At this point I'm not sure how I will survive. Perhaps with the support of my family and friends I will get through my four day internet hiatus.
But who am I kidding. I won't have time to go online and do anything anyways. Any spare time I have from the festivities I plan to use taking pictures.
I am told that the Winter Solstice will occur twenty two minutes into the morning on the 22nd of December. This is a momentous occasion for me because I have been struggling with the ever shortening days of winter. It's a bit premature of me to be thinking about spring and summer when Christmas is only a few days away, but I can't help but think about the beautiful sun and how I used to try to avoid it. Everything in moderation though. I need some sun. I spend all day working in a windowless office which is currently more dimly lit than usual because I have been working from the ambient glow of the string of coloured Christmas lights given to me by my office Secret Santa (who also generously gave me a coloured slinky and Transformer). When I walk home in two hours the sun will already be gone, but at least I can rest assured that there will be a few minutes more of sunlight everyday after the solstice.
and that concludes today's "coffee" break.
Despite attempts otherwise, I have not successfully completed a blog post in months. I would like to blame the weather, but really the culprit is my internal editor - which has been a force to be reckoned with over the past few months. There was a cold snap or two that I had to deal with and the shortened days and the general wintertime dreariness (walking to and from work in the dark is never pleasant). I feel like I haven't accomplished anything worthwhile in months. I haven't been as creative or productive as I would like to be. My fault of course.
I'm a little grinchy this morning.
