Frost II: Rime
Words that echo one another in the dark
Good morning. Today begins the second décade of Frimaire, Year CCXXXII. It's the month of frost. Our theme this time is rime.
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Here are the items we celebrate for the next ten days...
Wax on primidi
Horseradish on duodi
Cedar on tridi
Fir on quartidi
Deer on quintidi
Gorse on sextidi
Cypress on septidi
Ivy on octidi
Savin juniper on nonidi
Hoe on décadi
Wax on primidi
Horseradish on duodi
Cedar on tridi
Fir on quartidi
Deer on quintidi
Gorse on sextidi
Cypress on septidi
Ivy on octidi
Savin juniper on nonidi
Hoe on décadi
This issue is going to investigate an audible howl as darkness descends upon our shortest days of the year, and the creatures of the night have more chance to emerge and evolve. If you're not familiar with the word 'rime,' it's simply a synonym for frost, although it's typically used for the most delicate and crystalline form of the phenomenon, and generally considered a word for poets only, which is especially rich given its echoing rhyme.
