erste Advent

One of my favorite times of the year: the darkness of Advent, moving towards the coldest time of the year, setting up routines to take more time to enjoy a slower pace rather than accelerating into a crash at the end of the year.

May your first Sunday of Advent be warm, cheery, and full of preparing to hunker down.

Happy Sunday!



























Das ist mein Streit:                       This is my strife:
Sehensuchtgeweiht                       dedicate to desire
durch alle Tage schweifen.           through all days to roam.
Dann, stark und breit,                   Then, strong and wide,
mit tausend Wurzelstreifen           with a thousand root fibers
tief in das Leben greifen--             deep into life to gripe--
und durch das Leid                        and through pain
weit aus dem Leben reifen,           far beyond life to ripen,
weit aus der Zeit!                          far beyond time!

Rainer Maria Rilke