Yesterday, February 1st, I flipped my calendar page to reveal a lovely work of art by Kathleen Edwards. The scratch board rendering of a wood fired cook stove, with its border of cozy emblems, including steaming mugs of coffee and tea illustrated nicely the month’s essay, which, while not explicitly mentioning the Danish concept of Hygge, certainly evoked it.
Kathleen Edwards calendar art for February 2018 (©2017 Llewellyn Worldwide) (Image: Amazon.com (paid link).)
The essay, by Blake Octavian Blair, observed that February is often the coldest part of the year in the northern hemisphere, and urged getting cozy by the hearth, snuggling up with a nice hot drink, and perhaps a good book.
This sounded excellent! Why not indulge in a little hygge on this first day of February!
Then, Michelle tried to take a shower . . . .
