Solstice. The longest day in the Northern hemisphere and my favourite day of the year. I worship the light, the sunshine. If you are in the Southern hemisphere, dont worry: the days get longer from now on.
For me it's been a day of simple things: I went swimming in the newly reopened pool, I bought some melons and oranges to turn into cool sorbets, I planted some herbs and flowers and I have just come back indoors after lying outside with candles casting a pretty light in the slowly gathering darkness. I'm dressed in my cute little shorts and a long T-shirt. That's all, apart from my soft cotton underwear. It's not glamorous, not sexy, not trendy ... but its feminine and still a statement. There are times a girl wants to be simply dressed, simply as a girl, on a day where the drowsy warmth and straightforward pleasures of life mean the most.
I love the summer solstice - Midsummers Day, litha, whatever you want to call it. The peak of the year when one really feels alive.
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Thank you for your comments on my last post (and emails, too). I appreciate them very much but I am still unable to reply individually to Blogger comments as yet. I'm not sure what's causing this problem but somehow it's time to resolve it.
Sue x
Or you could listen to Hawkwind in a muddy field wondering why Nik Turner is dressed like a giant condom (Solstice 84).
ReplyDeleteNo, on the whole, I think your version sound best.
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Now, your comment is a cultural reference that I had to spend some time looking into. 1984, wow, that takes us back to the miners' strike, Band Aid and the like, but I see what you mean. Being dressed as a condom is perhaps not the weirdest thing that some people do at places like stonehenge during summer solstice so we'll give him the benefit of the doubt. I guess he's just practising safe sax! Sue x
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