You can experience it in Finland as well (and of course other Scandinavian countries of Norway and Sweden; and hey, how about northern Canada, eh, Stephen?)...Helsinki is one of my favorite cities. I was there in May and I recall feeling like I could stay up forever, as I emailed my family back home at 10:30 p.m. when it was just dusk!Beth Benoit Granite State College New Hampshire
On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 11:14 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > This is always my favorite day of the year. I count down the dwindling > daylight > hours until this date and then rejoice at the increasing daylight :) I > don't believe > I suffer from SAD but the lack of daylight does make me sad--in the usual > sense of the word. I wonder how prevalent this mild version of missing the > daylight might be among most people. > > On my to do list before I die is to spend some time in June in Alaska just > once, > to experience nearly 24 hour/day daylight :) > > Thus, to all tipsters I wish you a happy solstice. > > Annette > > Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D. > Professor of Psychology > University of San Diego > 5998 Alcala Park > San Diego, CA 92110 > 619-260-4006 > [email protected] > > ---- Original message ---- > >Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 09:41:11 -0500 > >From: "Mike Palij" <[email protected]> > >Subject: [tips] Happy Winter Solstice! > >To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" > <[email protected]> > >Cc: "Mike Palij" <[email protected]> > > > >For those of you who know, today is the Winter Solstice! A time > >to celebrate the reversal of lengthening darkness, the increasing of > >daylight, and, perhaps more importantly, the end of the semester > >(except for those poor folks whose semester doesn't end until > >December 23 or beyond). Let the celebrations begin (like you > >really need me to tell you that)! > > > >For those of you who don't know, today is the Winter Solstice! > >Some info about this ancient, international event is available on the > >following websites: > >http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/7794421.stm > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_solstice > >http://www.religioustolerance.org/w_solsti.htm > >Let the celebrations begin! > > > >And for those celebrating "Festivus" on December 23, only > >two more days! I expect there will be a vigorous "Airing of > >Grievances" and intellectual "Feats of Strength" on TiPS! > >I hope that all Tipsters spend the appropriate time decorating > >their Festivus Pole! I eagerly await Tipsters accounts of their > >Festivus Miracles! > > > >For those unfamiliar with the "Festivus" holiday, see: > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festivus > > > >And for those of you celebrating those "Johnny Come Lately > >Holidays" (you know who you are): Happy Holidays! > > > >;-) > >-Mike Palij > >New York University > >[email protected] > > > > > > > >--- > >To make changes to your subscription contact: > > > >Bill Southerly ([email protected]) > > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly ([email protected]) > -- "We will not learn how to live in peace by killing each other's children." - Jimmy Carter "Are our children more precious than theirs?" --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
