tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137766683602731513.post1054179694974323955..comments2023-06-05T07:00:14.937-07:00Comments on Thirsty Still: Round 3, Day 90: Joy. (And a great book!)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08288935120774241198noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137766683602731513.post-83065056281189099012015-12-20T14:04:26.410-08:002015-12-20T14:04:26.410-08:00Oh yes, Prim, wouldn't it be marvellous to con...Oh yes, Prim, wouldn't it be marvellous to connect over music rather than alcohol? What a lovely thought. A spot of plainchant would be a right treat, too!<br /><br />Interesting what you say about the solstice and the Mourning Moon. I like it! I do often feel that the sadness this time of year is a useful part of the season, and I'm glad (if one can be glad to be sad?) to be making better space for it these past few years. I think I'm going to set aside some time one evening this week to look at the big moon and mourn all that needs mourning, and then embrace the hope that the new year brings. Thanks so much for telling me about that. There's been a fair amount of difficulty and sadness this year. But even in the midst of all that life really is great. <br /><br />This will be my second sober Christmas, and I am so utterly pleased and relieved to be heading into the season knowing I have set aside the dulling and miserable effect of alcohol. Though I'm not given to this way of speaking, the only way to say it is that I feel blessed. <br /><br />Thanks for being here. Hope you have a peaceful and joyous Christmas and a hope-filled new year, too! xoAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08288935120774241198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137766683602731513.post-45005443043167400432015-12-20T13:52:33.838-08:002015-12-20T13:52:33.838-08:00Thanks, Angie. Yes, it was lovely. What you say ab...Thanks, Angie. Yes, it was lovely. What you say about being present s so true. I'm so pleased to see you embracing all the good that comes with being sober, too. Hope you have a great Christmas xoAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08288935120774241198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137766683602731513.post-39480876197523135182015-12-20T13:51:01.184-08:002015-12-20T13:51:01.184-08:00Yikes, Blogger has bene eating my replies to comme...Yikes, Blogger has bene eating my replies to comments here. This is my fourth try! So I'll just say thanks for reading. I always love to see your smiling face online! Hope you have a peaceful and joyous Christmas xoAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08288935120774241198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137766683602731513.post-56463819730762130542015-12-20T13:49:11.167-08:002015-12-20T13:49:11.167-08:00Thanks for reading, and thanks for your kind words...Thanks for reading, and thanks for your kind words.merry Christmas to you, too! xoAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08288935120774241198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137766683602731513.post-5083885870103370192015-12-18T21:41:29.486-08:002015-12-18T21:41:29.486-08:00so much to think about here as ever, thank you! I ...so much to think about here as ever, thank you! I very much enjoyed reading about your experience of the concert. music can be such a powerful force in stimulating our emotions and uniting us with others... I wonder what the world would be like if music rather than alcohol had become our primary social lubricant? 'Won't be long, darling - said I'd join Tony for a spot of plainchant...' better, perhaps?!<br /><br />we were talking to the children recently about the rituals that have developed over millennia around the time of the winter solstice. do you know of the tradition of the Mourning Moon? I heard it for the first time this year... have been unable to find what I consider to be reputable references for this so please read all this with an ironically lifted eyebrow ;)... but in Celtic society the last full moon before the winter solstice was called the Mourning Moon, and was an opportunity to recognise, mourn and let go those things which no longer serve us, so that we can meet the New Year unencumbered by negativity or grief. <br />I am not one AT ALL for astrology or whatnot so do not place any significance other than symbolic upon the moon itself! but I appreciate the ebb and flow of times of year, and the chance as you say to pause and be with those we love. perhaps more so now that I am not dulling myself from those rhythms with alcohol? we can better hear the beat of our lives, yes?<br />always great to read your posts and to hear how you are getting on. wishing you a peaceful and joyous Christmas! oh and by the way there will be a full moon on Christmas Day, too - for the first time in 38 years! Prim xxx<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137766683602731513.post-48352014035119000032015-12-16T15:49:35.767-08:002015-12-16T15:49:35.767-08:00The solstice concert sounds beautiful. How wonderf...The solstice concert sounds beautiful. How wonderful to experience it sober! To truly be present in the moment. I'm beginning to really look forward to a sober Christmas and not as though I'm going to be missing out on something. A xAngiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07553400229726508527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137766683602731513.post-23781915542952425392015-12-16T10:47:44.419-08:002015-12-16T10:47:44.419-08:00I love books, and I always want to know why. Like ...I love books, and I always want to know why. Like a true engineer,<br /><br />What you wrote about the solstice concert was beautiful. <br /><br />I'm waiting for the light to return. It is very dark here in northern Canada! <br /><br />Have a great Christmas. Ours will be quiet too. I like that.<br /><br />AnneAinsobrietyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15642935819165465190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137766683602731513.post-24949860378282297472015-12-16T09:53:39.497-08:002015-12-16T09:53:39.497-08:00Hi T&B. Quiet can be lovely, right? I will be ...Hi T&B. Quiet can be lovely, right? I will be cheering you on in your determination to get through sober. It can be done, and it can be great! Thanks for visiting xoAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08288935120774241198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137766683602731513.post-86963284881042755002015-12-16T06:03:15.120-08:002015-12-16T06:03:15.120-08:00Our Christmas is usually very quite. It is just tw...Our Christmas is usually very quite. It is just two of us and a lot of food. Christmas Eve is not so much. I am determined to go through holidays sober. It should be such a different experience. Just like your concert. Or sipping Perrier. And being present and sober. Time and the Bottlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07494924226427441030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137766683602731513.post-84902925612583252082015-12-15T16:04:41.343-08:002015-12-15T16:04:41.343-08:00Hi Wendy. Yes, you can be an egghead, too! No prob...Hi Wendy. Yes, you can be an egghead, too! No problem! Your Christmas sounds lovely to me, so I guess I'm just accepting what I like to do. I love the hush, too. That's such a lovely way to put it. The book really is great, I think. I'll report back when I'm all the way through it. Thanks for visiting me! xoAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08288935120774241198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137766683602731513.post-43485164094495958552015-12-15T15:21:54.861-08:002015-12-15T15:21:54.861-08:00Hi Thirsty!
I'm an egg head!
Well, that is if ...Hi Thirsty!<br />I'm an egg head!<br />Well, that is if a retired kindergarten teacher can be.<br />Your concert experience is one that filled heart and soul. You are right, drinking never can do this. <br />Out Christmas is very much like yours. Family lives in another state, and we usually spend a quiet night walking, or going ice skating. <br />We only see a few family members as we have to drive.<br />We love the quiet of Christmas Eve, and the hush of the night.<br />xo<br />Wendy<br />PS - The book sounds good!Untipsyteacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14975521042875808241noreply@blogger.com