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A Domesday Counting
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It’s a count of calendars:
For some, the year
Has started with Advent
Or the solstice
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There is the Jewish calendar
(look at the cornerstones
of buildings),
The Islamic calendar,
And the Chinese calendar
That will incite fireworks
As well
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There are those who count
The days by weather
And the local seasons
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We’ll watch and listen to
The fireworks in Sydney;
We’ll note the islands
Near Fiji where
The dateline says
The new year starts
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All of our computers will
Tell us that it’s started
Not to mention resolutions
And all the sauerkraut
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Which is to say
The new year is relative;
It is traditional
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C L Couch
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Photo by Waldemar Brandt on Unsplash
Year 2021 Is Coming
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Domesday Book : Britain’s finest treasure | The National …
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Domesday [The Domesday Book] is Britain’s earliest public record. It contains the results of a huge survey of land and landholding commissioned by William I in 1085.
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clcouch123 
December 30, 2020 at 8:22 pm
Yep, it’s just a number, less important than the numbers in the Domesday Book because at least they meant revenue. As far as I’m concerned, we’ve been in the dark half of the year since the beginning of November, and being in the south, we ought to be out of it quicker than the northern brethren.
December 30, 2020 at 8:26 pm
Yes, the book was a real counting of real things. And you’re right, November is dark–we have the end of Daylight Saving Time to emphasize the fact. I’d think those in the south would have and an end to the cold time sooner than the north. I’m hoping my relatives in the USA South would enjoy that. And now you.
December 30, 2020 at 8:42 pm
Thank you 🙂 The climate is mild here, but the housing stock is poor, built for poor people and there’s no such thing as central heating.
We had our Samhain fire to mark the beginning of the dark and the solstice fire to mark the tipping of the balance back to longer days. Unfortunately, the climate doesn’t have much truck with pagan nonsense and the real cold is still to come.