Midwinter Spring is its own Season
Dec. 21st, 2015 12:02 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
steepholmI know, Jack in the Green is a May Day figure. Indeed, I saw him last May, walking down the Gloucester Road...
... but in this strangely spring-like winter, rife with unseasonal daffodils and confused squirrels, Jack's a natural figure to mark the Solstice. Besides, "Jack in the Green" is a song as much about winter as spring.
(Oh, and Happy Birthday, Will.)
... but in this strangely spring-like winter, rife with unseasonal daffodils and confused squirrels, Jack's a natural figure to mark the Solstice. Besides, "Jack in the Green" is a song as much about winter as spring.
(Oh, and Happy Birthday, Will.)
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Date: 2015-12-21 11:56 am (UTC)