A Trick of the Light: Winter

On brighter days, the pond feels like a wide glass bowl that the weak buttery sun has been poured into. [...]you can rely on a Christmas-card-perfect white Christmas. [...]it is the exact shade of blue I would like to paint my kitchen. [...]it seems as though the source of light is coming not just f...

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Published in:Northern review (Whitehorse) 2017-12, Vol.46 (46), p.55-66
Main Author: Zdybel, Katie
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Christmas
Light
Loneliness
Mountains
Sun
Sunlight
Winter
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Summary:On brighter days, the pond feels like a wide glass bowl that the weak buttery sun has been poured into. [...]you can rely on a Christmas-card-perfect white Christmas. [...]it is the exact shade of blue I would like to paint my kitchen. [...]it seems as though the source of light is coming not just from somewhere slightly above the treeline, but from below the snow, as though a powerful white searchlight-like the beam from a lighthouse-is shining up from underground.
ISSN:0835-3433
1929-6657
DOI:10.22584/nr46.2017.005