Happy New Year or Seasonal Affective Disorder? Another health issue related to the weather, this time gloomy weather during winter and mental health. The Met Office was trialling a service for people who suffer from SAD, but I don't know whether there are any plans to roll it out following the last winter's trials in Cornwall and Berkshire.
Today was a perfect SAD trigger - very grey and louring all day, though fairly mild at 6-7 °C or so. I needed to get outside, so circumnavigated the grounds with Ian. It didn't feel quite as mild when we were in the far corner, and it started drizzling, and the drizzle felt icy and the grey clouds looked very grey. The pond is still frozen on the surface, except around the edge, and the swales are probably similar. In the morning, a heron stood hunched down by the swales for quite some time. It must be desperate for any food it can find in this season.
Between September 2010 and September 2011, I lived alongside an Anglican Benedictine community of monks and nuns. In November 2010, we moved from Broad Marston Manor near Evesham to Mucknell Abbey, a new eco-monastery near Worcester. This blog was about things that I observed and things that interested me. I have now stopped writing it. Thank you to all who were also interested.
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