So we have a word of the day today: solastalgia. I learned about it in this article from Vox. It is the nostalgia from the snows of yesteryear and snowy Christmases. Because of global warming, it has become increasingly a thing of the past. Even in the Saguenay region where I am from, they did not have a proper white Christmas this year, the first time since... Well, since I was born I think. This is bordelrine tragic. Herein the UK, I can still count on the fingers of one hand the years we had snow round Christmastime. So yes, it is really depressing. And I have a big case of solastalgia. Maybe that's why the post-Christmas blues isn't so hard this year. But it still sucks all the same. Maybe it sucks even more.
Friday 29 December 2023
Solastalgia
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Solastalgia was strong here in Edmonton too, where we also had a brown Christmas -- our first since 2005.
i told my daughter that i am giving it one more year before i panic. if we have a warm winter next year,i might have to head north. very far north!
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