Monday, March 3, 2008

Contemplating a conversion

The air is noticeably colder these days. Who knows if it is a sign of seasons turning or just more of the spectacularly unusual weather we've been having this year? But it does put me in mind to contemplate the upside-down seasons here and the great travesty of the Australian calendar: there isn't a single holiday between June 9 and October 6. Not one. And the 9th is the Queen's birthday, and really who cares? Even she is probably just as happy ignoring her birthdays these days. So winter here is a bleak, unbroken string of 5 day work weeks. (NB: Winter in Sydney can't fairly be described as bleak, though the days are short and it can get chilly.)

Anyway, I am contemplating converting to Wiccan or something so that I can at least get excited about the solstice.

(NB2: I am going to spend the month of June in Santa Fe, so really, this year at least, I can't complain. But come on, Australia, you should come up with some excuses to take a few days off. You're good at that.)

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