It wasn’t until this morning that I realised the Autumn equinox had
occurred yesterday, so I didn’t feel so bad about lighting my fire last night.
Usually you can manage to get through a fair bit of April before the first
lighting of the season, somewhere around Easter or even Anzac Day if the
weather holds, but yesterday was rather gloomy and I just could not get warm,
so around dinner time I relented and stoked up the fire and felt much better
for it.
And now that the fire has had its 2018 initiation, it’s going to be hard
not to continue the nightly ritual. Unless we get a last burst of warm weather
as is common this time of year, the fire is back to stay for another six
months. Not only warming the body, the dancing flames lull me into a relaxed
meditative state. I lean back in my recliner or curl up on the couch and feel
the tension leave my body, then reach for a crossword or a book, watch a little
TV, have a cuppa and some munchies. Chilling out with a fire is so much more
enjoyable than without one.
Autumn equinox
stealthily the cold slips in
stoke up the fire
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