It's the time of year for white and semi-white landscapes adjacent to the organic eco micro-holding (small smallholding) here in the UK midlands, it's almost 'shut-down' in the countryside here.
Modern cultural life, though, is a wee bit faster-paced, not many perhaps getting the restorative and reflective benefits of semi-hibernation. One older widower did reflect, and decided not to join the 'affluent' society, even though he could well afford it. One effect of a 'change, change' culture could be that hard-won knowledge and experience from the past gets to be 'downgraded', but maybe at times to detrimental effect - ?
An unusual farming family 'ploughed their own ('freerange') furrow', again not following the 'norm' trend, but with great effect in terms of their own job/life satisfactions. Cultural fashions change, though - a year or two back not so many were after wood as a fuel and allotments laid empty. Now there's waiting lists and the woodstove fires are burning, with self-sustaining activity more in vogue, maybe helping 'connectivity' with natural patterns - ?
