Tag: Happiness
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What I’m trying to say…
Some people may say: God jul or Geseënde Kersfees or even Gleðileg jól and then again Vesel Božič or Nadolig Llawen and perhaps Buon Natale and occasionally Среќен Божиќ and Joyeux Noël or Καλά Χριστούγεννα or חג מולד שמח others may say Nwèl fete or Frohe Weihnachten or Wesołych Świąt or even Feliz Natal and then again Feliz Navidad or…
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The Magic of Christmas
It’s still there. I can feel it… It’s more of a spark now, rather than an avalanche of excitement as it used to be, but it is still there. When I was little, I used to be really excited for Christmas well early. August early. One year I had bought everyone’s Christmas presents by the…
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Pink skies and Moonrise…
I’ve just discovered that in 1638 there was a Total Lunar Eclipse that fell on the same day as the Winter Solstice. 372 years later and we have another one. Lunar Eclipses happen quite regularly, and there is nothing unusual in that. It is much more rare that they occur on the Solstice. What is…
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Sacrifice
I’ve just played a quick game of chess against the computer, and won. I needed to sacrifice a lot of my key pieces in order to win the game, and it got me thinking that perhaps the main aim of the game is still to win, but with the majority of the pieces still in…
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Bright lights and fuzzy colours!
Last night I got to see the Geminids! 😀 I only saw half a dozen or so, and they appeared as sparks in the sky against the backdrop of Orion’s Belt. I had two little obstacles that prevented me from viewing them any longer than the hour or so I was transfixed with the heavens.…
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