Not yet at the end of August and already the darkness is replacing the light in a way that unsettles. Still in the summer habit of not needing to switch on any lights in rooms of the house—at and around the summer solstice there never comes a dark dark, so it’s possible to not touch a light switch for several months—it is now alarmingly, noticeably, thickly dark by 10pm. Even an hour earlier it is starting to feel ludicrous to persist with the not-turning-on-lights, though we do, animals as we are, slinking albeit subconsciously towards a season of cold and hibernation and sore throats and that it was laughable we ever sat outside warming our exposed skins.
Thank you for this note, Barbara—what a lovely Orion overlap! I feel exceedingly honoured to be taking over the design helm for such a long-standing, crucial publication.
I would certainly encourage! I do find it can sometimes be the only task during a day where I am entirely present—such is the life made possible by screens, as for so many others.
Wonderful post! About having to turn on lights—my sister consistently teases me because she’ll come home and find me “huddled in the dark like a gremlin,” in her words.
Love this post, Ella. The late summer fading of light is in many ways my favorite time of the year. Thank you for describing it so beautifully.
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Thank you for this note, Barbara—what a lovely Orion overlap! I feel exceedingly honoured to be taking over the design helm for such a long-standing, crucial publication.
This took me back to hanging laundry as a child. I may start again so as to be in this headspace and moment. Thanks for posting.
I would certainly encourage! I do find it can sometimes be the only task during a day where I am entirely present—such is the life made possible by screens, as for so many others.
Beautiful post, so evocative of this time of year.
And, green has always been my favorite color so your issue designed with it as a focus prompted me to subscribe to Orion. Excited!
Thank you for this kindly note—I'm thrilled that the exceedingly green upcoming autumn issue will be your first Orion!
Wonderful post! About having to turn on lights—my sister consistently teases me because she’ll come home and find me “huddled in the dark like a gremlin,” in her words.