Comments on: here comes the sun. it’s all right. http://www.jensdenofiniquity.com/2007/01/28/here-comes-the-sun-its-all-right/ exciting, informative, snarky, and very likely fabricated tales of life as an american expat in london Tue, 27 Sep 2011 09:06:21 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jen http://www.jensdenofiniquity.com/2007/01/28/here-comes-the-sun-its-all-right/comment-page-1/#comment-889 Jen Mon, 29 Jan 2007 21:47:55 +0000 http://www.jensdenofiniquity.com/?p=861#comment-889 thanks guys. gigi, that's a lovely poem - teasdale is an old fave. and i'd forgotten about imbolc, v. how interesting that it's only days away. thanks guys. gigi, that’s a lovely poem – teasdale is an old fave. and i’d forgotten about imbolc, v. how interesting that it’s only days away.

]]> By: Anglofille http://www.jensdenofiniquity.com/2007/01/28/here-comes-the-sun-its-all-right/comment-page-1/#comment-888 Anglofille Mon, 29 Jan 2007 18:29:43 +0000 http://www.jensdenofiniquity.com/?p=861#comment-888 i hope you're right that spring is here - literally and figuratively. thanks for sharing your experiences with us. only by discussing depression will the stigma lessen -- a stigma that prevents so many people from getting help. i also hate winter. every year i try to avoid the "winter blues" (for lack of a better term), but they always get me. and sometimes in a very bad way. i think it's okay to experience these blues to some extent -- otherwise, we won't appreciate the beauty and renewal of spring. the earth experiences a cycle and perhaps we need to as well. but still, this yearly ritual of getting the winter blues is dangerous for those of us who are predisposed to depression. at the very least, we can take comfort in the knowledge that even though there are very few guarantees in life, spring *will* come. that's something. i hope you’re right that spring is here – literally and figuratively. thanks for sharing your experiences with us. only by discussing depression will the stigma lessen — a stigma that prevents so many people from getting help. i also hate winter. every year i try to avoid the “winter blues” (for lack of a better term), but they always get me. and sometimes in a very bad way. i think it’s okay to experience these blues to some extent — otherwise, we won’t appreciate the beauty and renewal of spring. the earth experiences a cycle and perhaps we need to as well. but still, this yearly ritual of getting the winter blues is dangerous for those of us who are predisposed to depression. at the very least, we can take comfort in the knowledge that even though there are very few guarantees in life, spring *will* come. that’s something.

]]> By: vanessa http://www.jensdenofiniquity.com/2007/01/28/here-comes-the-sun-its-all-right/comment-page-1/#comment-886 vanessa Mon, 29 Jan 2007 16:01:01 +0000 http://www.jensdenofiniquity.com/?p=861#comment-886 Whenever I hear that song I think of you. I listened to it last night- I've been listening to it a lot as it is on my Yoga mix, after I finish and lay down I listen to Here comes the sun. It's nice. You know Feb 1 is Imbloc right? My favorite holiday b/c it describes just what you wrote about. The first signs of spring, the buds on the trtees are getting ready for warmth and sun to help them open. There is a change in the quality of light. It is the beginning of the end of winter. It is indeed a happy day. xoxox Whenever I hear that song I think of you. I listened to it last night- I’ve been listening to it a lot as it is on my Yoga mix, after I finish and lay down I listen to Here comes the sun. It’s nice.

You know Feb 1 is Imbloc right? My favorite holiday b/c it describes just what you wrote about. The first signs of spring, the buds on the trtees are getting ready for warmth and sun to help them open. There is a change in the quality of light. It is the beginning of the end of winter. It is indeed a happy day.

xoxox

]]> By: gigi http://www.jensdenofiniquity.com/2007/01/28/here-comes-the-sun-its-all-right/comment-page-1/#comment-885 gigi Mon, 29 Jan 2007 02:12:36 +0000 http://www.jensdenofiniquity.com/?p=861#comment-885 Happy Spring, Jen. Your post reminded me of the (rather tragic, among other things) winter I lived in Norway, when this was my favorite poem and often kept me holding on (as spring there felt to arrive in about April): I went out on an April morning All alone, for my heart was high, I was a child of the shining meadow, I was a sister of the sky. There in the windy flood of morning Longing lifted its weight from me, Lost as a sob in the midst of cheering, Swept as a sea-bird out to sea. - Sara Teasdale Happy Spring, Jen. Your post reminded me of the (rather tragic, among other things) winter I lived in Norway, when this was my favorite poem and often kept me holding on (as spring there felt to arrive in about April):

I went out on an April morning
All alone, for my heart was high,
I was a child of the shining meadow,
I was a sister of the sky.

There in the windy flood of morning
Longing lifted its weight from me,
Lost as a sob in the midst of cheering,
Swept as a sea-bird out to sea.

- Sara Teasdale

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