The days getting shorter, the weather getting colder and colder, year is getting closer to its end. I have no excitement anymore and my only wish is to stay healthy and alive for the rest of the day in the year. I have had enough for this year, please just leave me in peace.
I sometimes have this kind of feeling. But another inner voice says to me: How pitiful to think like this? For the 37 days are still 37 chances for another 37 meaningful days.
Bookworm actually very happy about this season, she is going to make herself cozy in her oversized wool sweater, and makes herself a cup of tea or coffee (up to her mood), and sink into books for hours, light up the candle when it is dark outside. She enjoy reading books not only in her spare time, she enjoy it more when she can read without time constraint. She literally take leave from work for reading. (See note 1 for my reading list)
Moreover, a song also told me that the time that bring us great joy has come. You can try to sing this song with the cute musical notation. (See note 2 & 3)
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| Charlotte Panowsky: Die neue Liederfibel zur Weihnachtszeit |
There are many joyful things that make me look forward to winter. And among those things is the advent calendar. This year I gather some texts that have been my footing in the midst of uncertainty.
If you allowed me to share this little winter joy – advent calendar with you, just come back to my blog everyday from 29.11.2020 on until Christmas day 25.12.2020.
See you on Sunday 🙂
Note:
1. My Winter Reading List
- The Buried Giant – Kazuo Ishiguro
- Das Geheimnis von Bahnsteig 13 – Eva Ibbotson
- Alles Käse! Gregs Tagebuch – Jeff Kinney
- Eine Welt voller Wunder (Calvin und Hobbes) – Bill Watterson
- Abschiedskonzert – Gerald Moore
- Sense and Sensibility – Jane Austen
- The Stillborn God: Religion, Politics, and the Modern West – Mark Lilla
- The Pilgrim’s Progress – John Bunyan
2. There are two versions of lyrics:
– The version that show in the picture is the secular version written by Paul Hermann (1904-1970)
– This song is originally a traditional religious carol in German speaking area.
3. Picture Source
– Charlotte Panowsky: Die neue Liederfibel zur Weihnachtszeit