Silly astrologers (was Re: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Winter Solstsice)

[Carol]

Magpie:
> Actually, I notice the daylight issue far more than the coldness. I 
> notice if a day is particularly cold or warm, but that can vary. I 
> mark the seasons very much by how light it is when I am leaving 
> work, or how the sun looks coming through my office window at 
> different times of the year. So I actually do mark the year by the 
> solstices and equinoxes--it's one of the things that makes me feel 
> aware and connected to the natural seasons.

carol responds:
Though no doubt Daylight Savings time interferes with the
"naturalness" a bit.

BTW, I've noticed that dawn is now corresponding pretty closely with
the time I naturally get up in the morning. (I work at home, so I
don't have to drive to work on someone else's schedule.) which makes
it, erm, midwinter--right between the winter solstice and the vernal
Equinox.

Carol, arguing that it's midwinter now even though the high in Tucson
was 80 degrees, I have my bedroom window open to get a breeze, and the
ceiling fan is running full blast