Merry Christmas, Pubski! Have a Yule Tide Yak. I had a fun time trying to name animals that would make for great Christmas alliterations. Christmas Koala, Nudibranches of Noel, Festive Foxes, Jolly Jellyfishes, Winter Wrens. The yak won out, partly because it sounds cool, but also for some reason Christmas and farm animals seem to go really well together. A pretty close runner up would have been a Christmas Kookaburra, just because their calls really sound joyful. The other day, I went for a walk on a trail I've wanted to explore for a while, but haven't because it's about two and a half miles long. I tend to take a real long time on trails, so something that length at my usual pace, would be about a six to eight hour walk. I ended up walking it faster though and finished it in about three hours, but it's such a great trail, when the weather gets better, I'm totally gonna pack some water and power bars and give it the time it deserves (my whole day). When I was walking it though, I was thinking about all of the cool things I was seeing on it that I really wanna share with Dala. We recently went on a guided tour of a trail from one of our local parks and while it was great, the things the guide focused on aren't usually what Dala and I look for in nature and man, this trail would be perfect for me to memorize and point out this, that, and the other to her. It's honestly one of the best I've been on this year. Don't think she'd be up for an eight hour walk though . . . While I don't wanna dwell on an ugly thing I did, I just wanna say I genuinely, heartfully, appreciate the patience and understanding and kind words from everyone. I was pretty afraid I screwed up real bad, cause I did, and there wasn't any coming back from it. I'm so thankful that wasn't the case. You're all amazing and I'd support you all over anyone who'd say otherwise. Call and text some of your family and friends today, Pubski. You don't need a special day to spread some cheer, but since it's the season . . . :)
Merry Christmas everyone from the holy land! This was probably the nicest christmas with my closest family, yet. My father, after his multiple stents and near-death, seems to be more relaxed and accepting. My sisters and I were home. We ate together and enjoyed our time together. Yesterday we celebrated my moms 60th birthday. I am going to take her hiking up the alps in summer, under the condition that she gets fit. I wonder how much "homework" is needed for her to be able to do 3/4 hikes to 3000m in a week. What do you guys think? It has been raining like crazy since yesterday night. Everyone here is happy, it has been a dry season. I spent my morning unclogging a pretty nasty drain. And later today, I am heading to the annual "hannukah burn" called "Burnerot" (a combination of burn + nerot, which are candles). Should be a cozy one :)
My wife made me this for Christmas: Since it was quite temperate here yesterday, my metamour's family took us on a hike to see a big spring on their land. There are some caves, too, so we will probably do some spelunking in the spring when we won't disturb anyone hibernating.
God jul!/Happy holidays!/Merry Christmas! We had our main celebrations yesterday, so today has been really relaxing, eating leftovers, reading, walking and napping. I’m translating an essay from my local paper that I wanted to share with y’all. It's about mysticism, metaphysics and eels. I will post it when I’m done.
Merry post Christmas from Music City. I wanted to make a new account after about 6 years here mostly not being active. So let’s all be mellow dramatic about the annual day of clean slates upcoming. Let my past comments not define this account, and per haps with a clean break from my prior cyber lives, I will feel free to be less anonymous. As always, I love this community and the people that make this place so uplifting and insightful.