Brilliant take on Jonas's ethics and how responsibility emerges from power over vulnerable goods. The parent-infant analogy realy clarifies the shift - we're no longer just victims of harsh winters waiting for spring, but now kinda custodians of the seasons themselves. I noticed last year how my local park had roses blooming in late November, which honestly felt wrong in a way thats hard to articulate. Its like watching something beautiful become unmoored from its natural rhythm.
Winter began on December 21st. True that was the Solstice and the longest time of darkness. But midwinter is more like February 20th. Other than that, yes, we do need to care for our environment.
Ah, thanks Billie! This is actually quite an interesting rabbit hole, and maybe partly reflects a regional difference in English usage... I don't know about in the US, but in the UK 'midwinter' refers to either the winter solstice or to Christmas Day, whereas 'the middle of winter' would mean the middle of the season. But then it gets trickier again, as what counts as the middle of winter depends on how you're measuring the seasons! The middle of meteorological winter (Dec-Feb) would be around the 15th of January, whereas the middle of astronomical winter (c.21st Dec-c.20th March) would be around the 5th of February.
But all of this is referring to the northern hemisphere, which just complicates it again! In any case, I was just using midwinter in the colloquial (and perhaps British sense) - apologies for the long comment; it's an interesting rabbit hole!
Brilliant take on Jonas's ethics and how responsibility emerges from power over vulnerable goods. The parent-infant analogy realy clarifies the shift - we're no longer just victims of harsh winters waiting for spring, but now kinda custodians of the seasons themselves. I noticed last year how my local park had roses blooming in late November, which honestly felt wrong in a way thats hard to articulate. Its like watching something beautiful become unmoored from its natural rhythm.
Thank you - and brilliantly put re. the unseasonal behaviour of those roses, I feel just the same about my apple trees!
Winter began on December 21st. True that was the Solstice and the longest time of darkness. But midwinter is more like February 20th. Other than that, yes, we do need to care for our environment.
Ah, thanks Billie! This is actually quite an interesting rabbit hole, and maybe partly reflects a regional difference in English usage... I don't know about in the US, but in the UK 'midwinter' refers to either the winter solstice or to Christmas Day, whereas 'the middle of winter' would mean the middle of the season. But then it gets trickier again, as what counts as the middle of winter depends on how you're measuring the seasons! The middle of meteorological winter (Dec-Feb) would be around the 15th of January, whereas the middle of astronomical winter (c.21st Dec-c.20th March) would be around the 5th of February.
But all of this is referring to the northern hemisphere, which just complicates it again! In any case, I was just using midwinter in the colloquial (and perhaps British sense) - apologies for the long comment; it's an interesting rabbit hole!