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Hello all,
Today it seems like Christmas is getting close and for me who still have work to attend to, there are plenty of things to keep me busy. Solstice is still a few weeks away, and it’s dark when I leave for work, it is dark when I come home.
We have not done a lot of Christmas decorations and I think that there is less illumination than usual (blame the price and shortage of electricity). It has also turned cold the last week. Temperatures are below freezing and ice has started to cover some of the smaller lakes. If this continues it might be possible to skate during the holiday.
As for the holiday, I guess that you have all noticed that it will be very few days off from work as the red days are all perfectly aligned with the weekend.
Yet another reason that I think 2022 will be remembered as yet a very bad year. It started on such a positive note with the pandemic more or less coming to an end. Then came the war which I think affected us all more or less.
This is a time to think back, reflect, and maybe also hope 2023 will bring many positive changes.
We have still another week before we go on a brief break, but today we will be live and you may bring any poem or just listen in. We open it when the prompt goes live and keep it open for one hour.
You join by clicking this link:
And as usual, you may link up your one poem to Mr. Linky, then read and comment…
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Hi Björn and others! Hope you have a great OLN.
I can’t join and read what I’ve linked to here today, I have to go to oral surgery. But I will be here Saturday morning to read with Lil. Thank you for hosting the Björn.
The Saturday reading will be in January not this time
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Thanks for all who joined the live session… we had a wonderful time. The next session will be in January. Remember you may always link up your poem and not read it llive.
It was really great seeing everyone on the life reading. Thanks for hosting this, Bjorn.
It was great to be there with everyone.
Yes!
What a fantastic LIVE Session tonight! 😀 Thank you so much for hosting us, Bjorn 🥂 I will be back in the morning to read, savor and comment. ❤❤
It was a very comfy session I think.
Hi Bjorn. I am not able to join these as I am busy working during the time slot. Thanks for all you do! The full moon is gorgeous tonight. Can you see it in your dark sky?
Dark it is … never really any daylight
I’m so sorry I missed it – busy getting kids ready for school. I’m so flattered that Lillian read my poem. I’m adding a link to it in MrLinky. 🙂 I’m planning to finally join a live OLN in January when the kids (and I) are on summer holidays.
Your poem is magnificent… festive, fun, positive! Cheers to the New Year.
Agree… very good poem
I hope you all have fantastic holidays. I will unfortunately be working this year, so we try here in the household to celebrate a little bit ahead of time.
We will likely have less of a holiday break than usually as well
Hi Björn, thanks for hosting! I’ve linked my poem, I couldn’t make it to the live session cuz of the time difference. But I am looking forward to reading everyone’s poems.
I hope to find a solution so more people can join…
Thank you for hosting, Björn. It was a fun session–always good to see and hear people. We may put up some decorations this weekend–my birthday is next week, then Hanukkah, then Christmas. I’m sorry you will not have many days off. I’ve done freelance for so many years, and husband teaches, so we will have some days off. But it is still dark.🙂
I will try to enjoy it as well as I can…there is still things that will proceed a bit slower.
When prices are high and war is ravaging, I think it can be a beautiful time of reflection and earnestly seeking deeper value — timeless, existential meaning and treasure. The gifts of breath, senses, nature, friendship. We have more when we have little.
You are entirely correct. We do our best to keep what we have… A bit less to enjoy what we have a little more.
Thank you for hosting OLN, Bjorn. 🙂
I did enjoy it a lot.
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